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GREEN GOLD- 
FINCH. 
DescriPTion. 
FEMALE. 
PLACE. 
30 
RED-FACED F. 
DeEscRIPTION. 
PLACE. 
Bagel EN ae aes 
Fringilla melba, Liz. Sy/t. i. p. 319. 8.—Ofbeck Voy. ii. p. 329. ; 
Le Chardonneret verd, Brif. orn. App. p. 70. 
, ou le Maracaxao, Buf. oi/. iv. p. 211. 
Green Goldfinch, Edw. pl. 272. (the male.) 128. (the female). 
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SIZE of our Goldfinch. Bill flefh-coloured: the fore part of 
the head, and throat, of a bright red: between the bill and 
eye blueith afh-colour: the upper parts of the bird are yellowifh 
green: the wing coverts, and fecondaries, greenifh, with red mar- 
gins: quills dufky: the breaft is olive green, changing into 
white on the belly and under the tail; all beneath variegated 
with broken dufky tranfverfe lines: the rump, and tail, bright 
red; the laft even at the end: legs pale brown. 
The female has a pale yellow bill: top of the head, and neck, 
afh-colour: bafe of the wings, and rump, yellowifh green, inftead 
of red: the tail brown, edged with dull red. In other things nog 
unlike the male, having the red face, as in that fex. 
This is faid to inhabit China * and Brafil +. 
Red-faced Finch, Browzn’s li. pl. 25. 
ENGTH near fix inches. General colour of the plumage 
deep dull green: cheeks tinged with crimfon: prime quills 
dufky, with dull orange edges: tail dull crimfon: legs yel- 
lowith. 
Inhabits Angola. 
© Linneus. 4 Edwards. 
SIZE 
