ORDER PASSERES. 137 



Fire-coloured Sparrow. Loxia ignicolor. Vieil. Ois. 

 Chant. 59. Fringilla ignicolor. Id. Diet. Hist. 

 Nat. Tom. 12. Art. Fringille. Moineau ignicolor, ib. 



Velvet black on the head to below the eyes, and on 

 most part of breast and belly ; entire throat, fiery 

 orange-red ; fiery red on the neck, back, upper wing, 

 and tail-coverts. Senegal. 



Dominican Grosbeak. Lath. Loxia Dominicana. 

 Gm. pi. Enl. 55-2., and the other species. 103. Var. 

 A. Lath, and Crested Dominican Grosbeak. Lath. 



Head and throat, deep red. Above, generally blackish, 

 or dusky grey ; beneath, whitish. Of this Latham 

 makes two species and one variety ; the differences of 

 plumage very trifling. Brazil. 



Black-faced Finch. Lath. Fringilla cristata. Enl. 

 181. The Dioch. Emberiza quelea. Vieil. Ois. Chant. 

 23. Fringilla Quelea. Id. in Diet. H. N. Tom. 12. 



Plumage above, wings and tail, reddish brown ; be- 

 neath, and rump, crimson ; cheeks and chin, black. 

 Cayenne and Paraguay. Found also in Senegal. 



Le Dioch Rose. Vieil. Ois. Chant. 24. et Diet. H. N. 

 Tom. 12. 



Head, neck, breast, and middle of belly, a lively rose- 

 colour ; bill, deep crimson. Probably a variety of the 

 last. 



Cape Grosbeak. Lath. Loxia Capensis. Lin. 



Head, neck, upper part of back, body beneath, and 

 tail, deep black ; shoulders, lower part of back, and 

 rump, deep yellow. Coromandel, and Cape of Good 

 Hope. This bird connnenees a little approximation 

 to the grosbeaks. 



