FRINGILLA. 
and lays fou eggs. r 
Albin, and the bind eas by Briffon Paffer torquatus, are 
fuppofed to be two varieties of F. petronia. 
STULTA. Reddi 
neath yellowifh ; wings wit 
de er pilies, Briff. Pafer ae on 
e white band. Lath. 
Foolifh ‘par TOW» 
Inhabits Italy. cae a the houfe-{parr 
BononteNsis. with white, bla md and yellow, 
beneath yellowith w hes ee white, with pale yellow {pots ; 
tail-feathers pale yellow. Paffer maculatus, Ray. 
Speckled sail Will, 
Size of the pal and an inhabitant of the fame = 
mbs black ; 
. FF il Sylvia, 
Fri inguc a Olin. Pinfon, Buff. Chaffinch, Donov. 
Birds, 
A fpecies amd throughout Europe, in fome parts of 
Afia, and on the coafts of "Afri icae The chaffinch is a con- 
ae Caer of the Britif ifles, being feen at all eee 
the moft frequent, as well as beautiful of o 
feathered ne In Sweden an 
g, but does 
It builds in low ere thickfet bufhes. The neft is 
© bres of plants and — Ww a. a ae of bat w rool, 
and feathers. The eggs amount to e of 
a pale reddifh grey, with black {pots : We ee ae. "The 
male is diftinguifhed from the female by the fuperior beauty 
of its plumage, as well as by having the breaft and other 
parts is Soa) with red. 
many varieties of this fpecies, among the 
principal of ‘which the ei may be {pecified : 
ae aa eh et que noir a pele 5 the ae 
d crown are ae 
Fringilla anterius oe ‘sila forragines Gmel. 
fore-part white erruginov 
£; (ie fi bts alii ima, ap flavicante, Gmel. 
at ellowith. 
The 
Mane: as ae een i -brown, beneath whitifh. Gmel 
re shied ae Bniff. Acatechichi@li, Ray. Newsin 
[fein 
Size or ae laft; this {pecies. is a native of Mexico, and 
inhabits among re eds. 
ifh-grey hoagie a ith ferruginous, - be-. 
low. Linn.  Serinus, ae Serity Buff. - ““Qoxia “Feri, 
cop. Serin finch, 
' A gregarious pecs foond in the fouth of Europe, where 
it is Aare uncommon.: 
ellov cae ‘greenifh; front fulvous; . 
guill anf an feathers black, {potted with yellow. Linn. 
ss ‘on case Mal A.) 
‘arc beak "snd conjeCtured to be a mongrel 
kind “sodeeed ae iae the canary bird and goldfinch. 
bill is convex, and of a pale colour, with th 
the tail forked and the legs pale. 
UTUMNALIS. Greenifh ; ‘a ferruginous ; vent tef- 
ta . Linn oe Sach, Lath. 
Saas of a ina 
nih fufcous; band above and beneath 
the eves, with ie ai orange ; breait black. Linn. Lepd 
Jjiach, Ta 
ath. 
Inhabits woods in the Heapeicie 
Buryracea. Greenifh; eye-brows, breaft, and abdo- 
men yellow ; primary quill-feathers white at the outer mar- 
gin. Linn. Chloris — Briff, Judian green-finch, Ed- 
ards. Yellow-finch, Lath 
Native = Madeira, Tdi, as he Cape of Good Hope. 
Bicon Head and breaft black; back, wings, and 
tail dull geen. Linn a babamenfis is, Britt. Le 
a Buff. Bahama Jinchs Ara. Z 
able {pecies common in the w ben of Bahama. In 
fize it es with the -canary bird. The note is melo- 
dious. 
Barsata. Pale yellow ; ya ae fpotted. with 
= oar red chin bearded. Mol 
cording to Molina this fpecies cahabite the moun- 
ae aed of Chili, and defcends into the plains in_win-. 
a 
ufco redai fh, with white roe : 
tail-feathera black, sea a hie aa at the tip. Linn. 
Frin- 
gilla rubra minima, Kiem. Bengalus A age Briffl. Le 
Bengali piqueté, Buff. Amaduvade , Will. 
This pretty {pecies i is the fize a. a wren, The female 
— in Poin! a mixture of white on the throat and fore- 
part e neck, and the belly of a pale yellow colour, 
Tt aa eey Bengal Java, = tail parts o . aie 
is a variety or this bird 0) w colour, in in the 
wings are m 
without ¢ any 
SENEGALA. 
Sr aaee ; bill red, ftreaked ies 
ruber, Briff. Senegal finch, Lath. 
Rather larger than the wren, with ta il black, and legs 
pale grey. Itisa native of Senegal, and fubfifts chiefly on 
Sas feed; the males fing well, = the fong of the females 
s little inferior to that of the males. The fpecies bears 
ce climate of Europe ee A fuppofed bees 
of this bird is found in Abyffinia, the bill of which is 
ple ce of red; the neck and wing-coverts rufous, des 
of the brealt and wings above {potted with white. The fe. 
male of the latter is entirely. bro 
"Ferra inous brown ; beneath and crown 
black. Gmel. Senegalus 
ACATOTOTL. atin and fulvous varied; beneath Lxucoris. Above dufky, beneath yellow ; ears with a 
white. Gmel. urinus — eae riff. Cacttotoil, white {pot imary quill-fe — blue, fecondary green. 
Ray. Black Mesan can Jy ifkin, 1. Gmel. White-eared ce 
In aoe Ofbeck defcribes, on the aithoity of fome Chinefe draw; 
SERINUS. what greenith; lower mandible whitihh ; 
back ae fides ed with fulcous ; ; band on the wing yel- 
fo 
ings, fix analogcus kinds 0 nch tribe, all which pof- 
fols the tee white {pot ae tlie ear, which is inppoled 
