144 CLASS AVES. 



brown above ; bro\vn and yellow bands alternately on 

 the head. Mosambique. 



Glossy Finch. Lath. Fringilla nitens. Enl. 291. 

 Var. A. Lath. Fringilla ^thiops. Gm. Ind. Om. 

 1. 442. B. 



Plumage, wholly blue-black, with a polished steel 

 gloss. Brazil, — Cayenne. 



Senegal Finch. Lath. Fring. Senegala. Gm. pi. Enl. 

 157. 1. Vieil. Ois. Chant. 9. 



Greater part of plumage, vinaceous red ; hind part of 

 head and neck, back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, 

 brown ; abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts, 

 greenish brown. Senegal. 



Amaduvade Finch. Fring. Jmandava. Gm. Enl. 

 115. 2 and 3. 



Above, brown, with a mixture of red ; beneath, same, 

 but paler; tail, black. Bengal, Java, Malacca, &c. 



Brazilian Finch. Lath. Fring. granatina. Gm. Enl. 

 109. 3. 



Sides of head, about the eye, blossom-coloured, inclin- 

 ing to violet; throat, lower part of belly, and thighs, 

 black; rest of head and body, chestnut; back and 

 scapulars, brownish ; tail, black. Brazil and Guiana. 



Blue-bellied Finch. Lath. Fring. Bengalus. Briss. 

 II. 203. t. 10. f. 1. 



Head, and upper parts of body, gray ; lower part of 

 back, rump, and all beneath, blue. Africa. 



