FRINGILLIDiE. 33 



Ashy-brown Finch beneath reddish ; with the forehead, cheeks, 

 and throat black 5 the breast and flanks transversely barred 

 with black, white, and brown. 



Fringilla polyzona. Tem7n. PL Col. 221. f. 3. 



Inhabits Gambia. Length about three inches 

 and a half: the male has the forehead, cheeks, and 

 throat black : the upper parts, the wings, and the 

 tail are ashy-brown, with broad dashes of a paler 

 hue : the tail, which is short and even, has a lance- 

 shaped spot at the tip of the two outer feathers : the 

 feathers of the breast and the flanks are closely marked 

 with numerous transverse stripes of black, brown, and 

 white : the middle of the belly is reddish, which co- 

 lour of a whiter tinge covers the vent, and becomes 

 still whiter on the under tail-coverts : the upper man- 

 dible of the beak is black and the lower red: the feet 

 are ashy. The female wants the black on the head ; 

 this part, as well as the throat, are of a leaden ash- 

 colour : the chin is white : a white line is also above 

 the eye : the transverse stripes on the breast are the 

 same as in the male, but the middle of the belly is an 

 uniform colour. 



B. Rostro breviore. B. Beak short. 



Sp. 12. Ca. spinus. 



Fringilla spinus. Steph. v. ix. p. 467. pi. 69.-- Britain and 

 Europe. 

 Sp. 13. Ca. citrinella. 



Fringilla citrinella. Steph. v. ix. p. 472. — Emberiza brumalis. 

 Steph. V. ix. p. 387 .'' — Southern Europe, 

 Sp. 14. Ca. serinus. 



Fringilla serina. Steph. v. ix. p. 473.— 'South of Europe. 

 v. XIV. p. I. 3 



