32 FRINCILLID^. 



Sp. 10. C;i. sanguinolenta. 



CA.Jusca, pectoris medio infraque sanguinolentis ; strigd a basin 



rostri siiperciliisque ntfs; guM Jluvescente. 

 Brown Fincli with tlie under parts and middle of the breast of a 



blood- red ; a stripe from the base of the beak and the eyebrows 



red ; the throat yellowish. 

 Fringilla sanguinolenta. Tcmm. PI. Co/. 22\.f. 2. 



Inhabits Senegal. Length about three inches 

 and a half: the male is distinguished by a broad red 

 streak arising from the base of the beak, and passing 

 over the eyes as a brow : the middle of the breast 

 and the belly are of a blood-red, which colour covers 

 the vent as well as the upper and under tail-coverts: 

 the throat is yellowish : the flanks ashy, marked with 

 small stripes and dots of yellowish : all the upper 

 parts, the wings, and the two middle tail-feathers are 

 of an earthy-brown : the lateral tail-feathers are black, 

 and the two outer tipped with yellow or whitish : the 

 beak is red, with the back of the upper mandible and 

 the lower mandible beneath black. The female differs 

 in several respects from the male ; all the upper parts 

 and the tail-feathers are ashy-brown, but of a paler 

 hue than in the male : the red dash over the eyes, as 

 well as the red hue on the abdomen and tail-coverts, 

 the throat, the fore part of the neck, and the breast 

 are white : the middle of the belly is yellowish : the 

 flanks are spotted as in the male ; but the tints are 

 less brilliant : the beak is paler than in the male. 



Sp. 1 1 . Ca. polygona. 



Ca. cinereo-Jicsca iiifrd rufescens; fronie, malis, gulnque nigris; 



pectore ht/pocliondriisqne nigro albo fuscoque transversim fas- 



ciatis. 



