140 CLASS AVES. 



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It is also one of the most docile of birds, learns to 

 sing extremely well, and play all sorts of tricks. It 

 derives its French name ( Chardonneret) from the 

 grain of thistle, &c. on which it feeds by preference. 



Parrot Finch, Lath. Fringilla Psittacea, Gm. 



Bill black ; face, throat, rump, and vent, deep 

 scarlet ; rest of the body, parrot-green. New Cale- 

 donia. 



Green Gold-Finch, Lath. Fringilla Melha, Gm. 

 Edw. pi. 272 male, 128 female. 



Fore part of head and throat, bright red ; upper 

 parts of body, yellowish-green ; breast, olive-green ; 

 rest underneath, white, variegated with dusky. Cliina. 

 Edwards's bird from Brazil. 



Scarlet Finch. Fringilla Coccinea, Gm. Vieil. 

 Ois. Chant, pi. xxxi. 



General colour of the plumage, brilliant deep orange, 

 verging to scarlet. Sandwich Islands. 



Fringilla Leucocephala. Lath. 

 Vieil. Ois. Chant. 26, pi. G. 20. f. 2. Diet. H. N. 



Head, neck, throat, middle of belly, and under parts, 

 white ; small black crescent between bill and eye ; 

 breast, alar, and caudal quills, black. Australasia. 



Fringilla Magellanica. Vieil-I 

 Ois. Chant. 30. Fringilla Spinus, Var. Lath. 



Head, throat, and half the alar and caudal quills, 

 black ; anterior part of wing, middle of coverts, top 



