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toes free, scutellate above, tlie lateral ones nearly equal ; hind-toe not 

 much stouter; claws slender, compressed, slightly arched, acute. 



Plumage soft, blended, the feathers somewhat distinct on the back, 

 slightly glossed. Wings shortish, curved, second and third quills long- 

 est, and equal, first almost as long as fifth, secondaries long and rounded. 

 Tail rather long, graduated and emarginate, of twelve straight, narrow 

 rather acute feathers. 



Bill dark brown at the end, greyish-blue at the base. Iris brown. 

 Feet yellowish-brown. The upper part of the head has a greyish-blue 

 band in the centre, and two at the sides, the intermediate spaces chestnut, 

 streaked with brownish-black. The general colour of the upper parts is 

 yellowish-brown, with streaks of brownish-black. Quills and larger co- 

 verts deep brown, margined externally with yellowish-brown, and the 

 latter slightly tipped with whitish. Tail yellowish-brown, the outer 

 feathers paler. Cheeks of the same tint, tinged with grey, beneath which is 

 a curved band of ochraceous yellow ; throat Avhite, streaked with dusky, 

 and having a line of dusky spots on each side ; fore part of the breast, 

 and the sides pale greyish-yellow, streaked with dusky, the rest greyish- 

 white. 



Length 5| inches, extent of wings S^^g; bill along the ridge ^^, along 

 the edge -^-^ ; tarsus |§. 



Adult Female. Plate CXCIII. Fig. 2. 



The female differs from the male only in having the tints a little 

 duller. 



This species belongs to the same group as the Yellow- winged, the 

 Savannah, Henslow's and Bachman's Finches. 



The Swedish or Dwarf Cornel. Fig. I. 



CoRNUS suECiCA, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 171. Willd. Sp. PI. vol. i. p. 660 — Tetrandria 

 MoNOGYNiA, Linn. Caprifolia, Juss. 



A small herbaceous plant with stems from three to five or six inches 

 high, with opposite, ovate, acute leaves, and two branches, between which 



