CARDUELIS cucullata. 

 Hooded Seed-eater. 



Generic Character. 



RostruT/i breve, validum, conicum, rectissimum ; mandibulis suhtequalihus ; apice 

 immarginato, recto, acuto; mandihuld superiore culmine convexa; inf^- 

 riare basi marginis angulatd, utrinsecus subtusque convexa. 

 Typus Genericus Fringilla Canarin. Lath., &c. 



Bill short, stout, very conic, without any curvature above ; both mandibles 

 nearly equal, the tip entire, straight and sharp ; upper mandible con- 

 vex above : lower one at the base of the margin with an obtuse an- 

 gle, the sides and under part convex. 



Generic Type Fringilla Canaria. Latham, &c. 



Specific Character. 

 C. aurantia : cnpite, gutture, fascia trans tectrices remigibus caudaque nigris; 

 remigibus primoribus basi oblique aurantio fasciatis. 



Orange : head, front of the neck, bar across the wing-covers, quills and 

 tail black ; greater quills at their base obliquely barred with orange. 



A. RICHLY coloured little bird, much smaller than our Gold- 

 finch, and approaching very near to the Bouvreuil de Bourbon 

 of Buffon, from which, however, I think it quite distinct. The 

 only one I have yet seen is in the possession of E. Falkner, Esq. 

 of Fairfield near Liverpool, who received it with a few other 

 rare birds from the Spanish Main. 



Total length four inches. Bill blackish and very sharp. The 

 whole head and forepart of the neck is black. Tlie plumage of 

 the body is a fine reddish-orange, duUeron the back and brightest 

 beneath : wing-covers the same ; the greater ones at their base 

 black, which forms a bar : the quills are also black, the greater 

 ones having at their base an oblique bar of orange, and some or 

 the lesser ones slightly margined externally with white. Tail 

 di\aricated and black; some of the lateral feathers faintly mar- 

 Pi. 7. c 



