FRINGILLIDiE. 37 



Sp. 1. Sy. cristatus. 



Sy. niger crista rubra. 



Black Sycobius with a red crest. 



Inhabits Africa. Length six inches. 



STIRPS IV— FRINGILLINA, Vigors. 



GENUS CLVIL— FRINGILLA Auctorum. FINCH. 



nostrum basi capite angus- 

 tius, breve, conico-rectum ; 

 mandibulcs apicibus acu- 

 minatis. 



Beak narrower than the head 

 at the base, short, conic- 

 convex ; the mandibles with 

 their tips acute. 



The birds of this genus are apparently confined to 

 the old world, and have the beak less arcuated than 

 the Sparrows, and stronger and larger than the Lin- 

 nets : they are lively, and their song is more varied 

 than that of the former birds. I have refrained from 

 introducing the various new Finches described in the 

 recent edition of Dr. Latham's Synopsis, as it is im- 

 possible to insert them correctly. 



Sp. 1. Fr. Ccelebs. Sieph. v. ix. p. 442. pi. 65, yi 1. — Britain 

 and Europe. 



Sp. 2. Fr. montifringilla. StepJi. v. ix. p. 444;. pi. 65. f. 2. — Bri- 

 tain and Europe. 



Sp. 3. Fr. nivalis. Steph. v. ix. p. 492. — Wils. Ainer. Ortu v. 1. 

 pi. xxi.yi 2 ? — Europe and Nortli America. 



Sp. 4. Fr. Petronica. Steph. v. ix. p. 434. — Europe. 



Sp. 5. Fringilla otoleucus. Temm. PI. Col. 269./. 2, 3. 



Fr. miniacea, capite, regione oculari, capistro, nucha, lateribus 

 colli, corporeque infra nigris ; regione auriiim semitorque nu- 

 chuli hypochondriis teclricibusque alarum minoribus albis. 



