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coverts, the fame : throat rufous ; and between the noftrils and the 

 eye a very fmall fpot of the fame : along the lower jaw, on each 

 fide, is a narrow band of blue : the cheeks are white, each fea- 

 ther margined on both fides with green: the under parts of the 

 body are of the fame colour, with a mixture of blue : under tail 

 coverts yellowifh : quills blackilh, outwardly edged with green, 

 and within with grey brown : the two middle tail feathers are 

 wholly green, the others are blackilh, with green edges : legs and 

 claws grey. This rs the male. 



The female has the colours lefs lively, and the green on the up- Female. 

 per parts paler : it has neither the rufous fpot on the throat, nor 

 between the noftrils and eye ; and indeed the whole plumage is 

 fcarcely tinged with blue. 



Buffon obferved one of thefe, which had two lines of green di- 

 verging from the lower mandible ; and I have feen fuch another 

 lately in a collection of birds from Cayenne. 



That mentioned in the Peter/burg TranfaSiions, had the throat 

 and mark between the bill and eyes of a yellow-colour. 



This fpecies is found at Cayenne. Place*, 



Le Grimpereau varie d'Amerique, Sri/, orn. iii. p. 665. N 32. , 



Le Guit-guit varie, Buf. oif. v. p. 540. VARIEGATED 

 Avicula Americana, variis coloribus pi£ta, Seba, The/, ii. t. 3. f. 3. fguri ^R. 



not correal. 



QIZE of a Chaffinch : length five inches. Bill three quarters of Description, 



an inch : the top of the head bright red : cheeks, and under 

 the eyes, blue and white mixed : hind head fine blue : hind part 

 of the neck, the back, and rump, are undulated with blue, black, 



5 A yellow, 



