146 CLASS AVES. 



Fring. Melpoda. Vieil. pi. 7- Ois. Chant. 



A band of deep orange across the eye, and extending 

 over the cheek ; feathers of lower belly more yellow. 

 India and Western Africa. 



Fringilla Viridis. Vieil. pi. 16. Ois. Chant. 



Head, iron-gray ; upper part of neck and body, wings, 

 and tail, olive-green. Western Africa. 



Fringilla Erythronotos. Vieil. pi. 14. Ois. Chant. 



Above, brown transverse stripes on a gray ground; 

 flanks, back, croup, and upper tail coverts, fine red. 

 India. 



Fring. Quinticolor. Vieil. 15. Ois. Chant. 



Head and all beneath bluish-gray ; fine red on croup 

 and eye-brows ; olive green on neck, back, and ex- 

 tremity of alar quills ; dull brown on their inner 

 barbs ; tail, black. N. Holland. 



Fringilla Rubriventris. Vieil. pi. 13. Ois. Chant. 



Head, neck, and body above, gray-brown ; middle of 

 the belly, fine red. Senegal. 



Fringilla Frontalis. Vieil. pi. 16. Ois Chant. 

 Loocia Frontalis. Lath. 



The forehead is black, punctated with white ; top of 

 head and nape, orange ; upper part of body, and neck, 

 alar, and caudal quills, ferrugineous gray. 



Fringilla guttata. Vieil. pi. 3. Ois. Chant. 



All the upp^ parts ash ; sides of the chest and belly 

 reddish, and spangled with white spots. Moluccas. 



