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‘DESCRIPTION.’ 
‘FEMALB. 
Fo lee GC HH. 
N° 88. Ceylon F. N° 93. Azure-headed F. 
89. Brown-throated F. 94. Blue-crowned F. 
go. Fire F. 95. Lunar F. 
g1. Blue-faced F. g6. Green-rumped F. 
g2. Blue-headed F. 
‘y IRDS of this genus have the bill perfectly conic, flender 
towards the end, and very fharp-pointed: differing from the 
Grofbeaks ; in which the bill is rounded from the bafe to the point 
of each mandible. 
Fringilla domeftica, Liz. Sy. i. p. 323. 36.— Faun. Suec. 242. — Scop. ann. 
i. N° 220.—Brun. N° 264.—Muller, N° 263.—Kram. el. p. 369. 10. 
-—Olin. uc. pl. in p. 42.—Frifch. pl. 8.—Georgi Reife, p. 174+ 
Le Moineau franc. Bri/. orn. iii. p. 72. 1.— Buf. cif. iii. p. 474. pl. 29. 
f. 1.—Pl. en. vi. f. 1. (the adult). 55. f. 1. (the young bird). 
Houfe Sparrow, Raii Syn. p. 86.— Will. orn. p. 249. pl. 44. — Albin. i. 
pl.62z.—Br. Zool, N° 127. pl. 51.—<4r&. Zool. 
Bro Muf. Lev. Muf. 
S IZE well known: length five inches and three quarters. Bill 
rather ftout, dufky, the bafe yellowifh: irides hazel: the ge- 
neral colour on the upper parts reddifh brown mixed with black 5 
the under, pale dirty afh-colour: crown of the head afh-colour : 
‘between the bill and eyes, and round the laft, black: chin, 
and fore part of the neck, black, a little intermixed with grey : 
‘wing coverts chefnut and black mixed, with a paler bar acrofs 
‘them: quills dufky, with rufous edges: tail deep brown edged 
‘with grey, and a little forked: legs grey brown. 
The female, above, is of the fame colour as the male, but much 
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