Hed Tere ES 
‘Fach of thefe birds had a white fpot on the ears; hence it is 
:probable they may be varieties of each other: at leaft, we fhatl 
Aollow Ofbeck’s fuppofition of their being fo, till juftified by 
4uller authority for the alteration. 
The defcription is taken from fome Chinefe drawings. 
Fringilla alario, Lin. Sy/. i. p. 319+ Qe 
Le petit Moineau du Cap de B. Efperance, Bri/. ora. iii. p. 106. pl. 5. £..2. 
‘Sparrow from the Cape of Good Hope, /é:z. iii. pl. 67. 
JPIGGER than the Houle Sparrow: length four inches one~ 
third. The bill pale afh-colour: head and neck black; the 
“black ending in a point on the breaft: the breaft itfelf, and the 
-reft of the under parts, white: thighs rufous: upper parts of 
the body chefnut: quills blackifh ; inner part of the leffer ones, 
and under the wings, chefnut: tail of this Jaft colour; and the 
four outer feathers marked with a longitudinal blackifh fpot at 
the tip: the fhape of the tail rather forked: legs brown. 
Anhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
Fringilla Maia, Lin. Sy/. is p. 323+ 35. 
‘Le Maia de la Cuba, Bri/. orn. iii. p. 214.66. pl. 7. f. 3. (the-female.)— 
Buf. cif. ive p. 105. pl. 3.—P/. exl. tog. f. 2. (the female.)— 
Rati Syn. p. 155.—Will. orn. p. 386. 
LE N GT H three inches three quarters. Bill grey: the 
head, neck, and under parts of the body, blackifh: back, 
and upper parts, of a purplith chefnut, brighteft on the rump: 
acrofs the breaft a purplifh chefnut band: tail of the fame co- 
Jour: quills grey brown, edged with chefnut: legs lead-co- 
Jour. 
Sfa The 
ANG 
85. 
CAPE F, 
DESCRIPTION. 
Prace. 
86. 
CUBA F. 
DescrivTioONe 
