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“This inhabits Carolina, where it is called by fome Te Parfon* ; 
by others The Bifbop+. It is chiefly found in the inner parts, an 
hundred and fifty miles from the fea, and frequents the moun- 
tains. Is faid to fing like our Linnet.. The Spaniards at Mexico 
call it Azul lexos, or far-fetched Blue-bird. It feeds on millet. 
‘It is common at Mew York: comes the beginning of Apré/, and 
frequents orchards when in bloom. % 
Emberiza Ciris, Liz. Sy. i. p. 313.24. (themale.) AG. Stockh. 1750, Pe 
278. pl. 7.f. 1. 2 
~Tanagra Cyanea, Liz. Sy/. 1. p. 316. 6. (the female). 
Fringilla maripofa, Scop. ann. i. N° 2226 
Le Verdier de la Louifiane (dit le Pape) Brif. ora. ill. p. 200. 55. App. 
Pp: 74. — Buf. oif. iv. p. 176. pl. g.— Pi. enl. 159. f. 1. 2. (male and 
female). 
-China Bulfinch, A/din. iii. pl. 68. 
Painted Finch, Catefo. Car..i. pl. 44. (the male).—Blue Linnet, pl..45. (fe- 
male),—Edw. pl. 130. (male). 273: (female).—4rd&. Zool. 
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 
IZE of a Hedge Sparrow: length five inches and a third. 
Bill grey brown: irides hazel: the head and neck are violet : 
round the eyes red : upper part of the back, and fcapulars, yellow 
green: the lower part, rump, and all beneath, red: the leffer 
-wing.coverts violet brown, with a tinge of red; the greater of a 
.dull greenifh colour: quills brown, with the edges of fome 
ereenifh, of others red: the taikis brown; the two middle fea- 
thers incline to red, and the others margined outwardly with 
the fame.: legs brown. 
“© Le Miniftre, 27:2, des oi/- + L’Eveque, id. 
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