138 CLASS AVES. 



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Fringilla Criiciger. Temm. pi. col. 269, f. 1. 



All above, wing coverts and sides, grayish brown, ex- 

 cept the cheek, forehead, top of head, and sides of 

 chest, which are whitish ; a broad longitudinal black 

 band from base of bill to abdomen, crossed by a similar 

 band at the thoracic region. Bengal. * 



The Finches. Fringilla. Cuv. 



Have the beak a little less arched than the sparrows, 

 a little stronger and longer than the linnets. The 

 habits are more gay, and their song more varied, than 

 those of the sparrows. 

 We have three species : 



The Chaffinch. Fringilla Ccelehs. Enl. 54. 1. 

 Naum. 118. 



Brown above ; vinous red, in the male, underneath ; 

 •grayish in the female ; two white bands on the wing ; 

 some white at the sides of the tail. Eats all sorts of 

 grains, and nestles on all sorts of trees. It is one of 

 those birds which renders the country particularly 

 cheerful. 



The Mountain Finch. Fring. Mantifringilla. Enl. 

 54. 2. Naum. 119. 



Black, speckled with fawn, above ; breast, fawn ; under 



" The following species have been attached to this subdivision by others : 



Fox-colored Sparrow. Fring. illiaca, Merrem. 



FringUlarnfa. Y.'ils. Amer. Orn. 



Fringilla ert/thro])ktkalma. Lin. Wils. O. A. 



P. Macronyx. S a:nso:i. 



P. Mandala. S-<uin. Pli 1. Mag. 



P. Fitsca. Svvainson. 



