FRINGILLA. 
One of, 
en, 
with the br eaft aa tail ae a third the head, back, and 
wing-coverts purple, and the ir blue; the head and leffer 
wing-cove re brown, and the breait pale green in the 
fourth ; and the fifth is "red beneath with the head, back, 
tail, an e oO Thefe, 
e lower ones {carlet. 
with the varie are the fix mentioned by 
Oibeck ; they are {mall, and inhabit China. 
collar, and breaft deep black; bod 
; four extreme tail-feathers marked 
inn. Paferculus capitis 
He 
che efnut, beaeanh w ite 
a blac — Bea "the ae 
Lone fpei, Brill. e finch, Lat 
Size-of the common Y fparrow, aad i in ein four inches 
anda - his is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Mar Sales Ww ee a purple che{nut band on the breaft. 
Linn cis Jiuch 
The length i a ied is three inches and three ae ee 
The female is fulvous oil beneath yellowifh, 
a whitifh inftead of. grey, as in the male. 
and of Cuba, - native | eae he {pecies, the a 
bitaat eall. it a gregarious kind, flies in innu- 
rable flocks, ee is ern Laas to the rice plan- 
cd: as. befides infe€ts, the rice conflitutes its principal 
food. The of - Maia is efteemed delicious. 
RANATIN wedge-form; body reddifh brown ; 
bill red ; temples, eae: and abdomen aa Linn. Bra- 
Jiian finch, edwards. 
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efe bir is ene in colour, and in aed more or lefs 
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{potted with brown ; befides which, there are three or more 
- diftinG varieties, one having i lores Falcon » and the hind 
part of the body violet; another the lower part of the bell 
and thighs the {ame colour as “ co. and a third with 
the sage Ja ; beneath pale tawny, and crown the 
is kind en Ae tail of a reddifh colour 
are ve aif fometi mes mét with. 
- The bill of the female, like that of the male, is red; the 
{pace beneath the eyes rather purple, the a of the head 
fulvous; back grey-brown ; throat er Da pale 
fulvous; and lower part of the belly and ¥ This 
is a bea py — » of a lively Aioien, aad has an 
fils 
USICO Crown, rump, and vent greel ; back fer- 
ra Saha hroat bon nifh, with a cinereous so reddifh 
ail half yellow, half black. Gmel. Brown-threated 
d; legs yellow; behind the eyes a white line. 
This japan = hina, and is of a {m: e. 
LEYL Yellow; back greenifh ; head black body 
beneath ° “ahite, and bleckifh varied ; quill and tail-feathers 
blackith. Ginel. lon finch 
A fpecies of {mall fize inhabits China, and alfo Ceylon. $ 
there is a variety of this , the. back of which is green ; 
breaft-and be ne ycllo with. oe e, wae the head brown-red. 
GNITA. 
wat: ore the front and lores pai and i 
le 
s bro 
tail rei with the tip 
Tri Black, head and rump blue; fhoulders 
green ; as omen yellowifh, Linn. American ‘parrow ft 
Seba, Bancroft ae finch 
ative of Surin — 
‘CraNocsrnaca. " Red-brown crown and rump blue ; 
Blue« 
beneath al! nape red, orbits white. _Gmel. 
crowned finch, Lath. 
Sian fees inches. ‘This inhabits Senegal. # 
Blue; frontal line, chin, and dorfal. 
jenna bey quilledics faiouse tail blackith Gm. 
Demi infin noir $i das Buff. Blue beaded fine 
e greater linnet 3 the bill 
Native place not afeertaihed: 
ca. Azure’ throat white. 
Tahabits Chili, 
ULTRAMARINA. 
ize brown, endl les 
black. : ss 
Molina. 
Entirely deep azure; bill white; legs 
red. Gmel. L’Outre-mer, Buff. Ultramarine en La th. 
Native of Abyflinia; female and young g 
Asyssrvica. Yellow; beneath, and ae ar black 5 
wings and tail black with yellowith el as Gmel. Le 
Worabic -y Buff. Black-collared fiich, L 
Size of the canary bird, eae and eee 
Fufcous, blackifh and — varied ; beneath 
whitifh with ae! {pots; crown red. Gmel. L’Ha befeh 
de Syrie, Bu ff, ripsline finch, L 
ather lefs ha ae linnet. 
and is migra 
ATRA. 
ath. 
This {pecies inhabits Syria, 
Blackith, breaft and rump pale afh. Gmel. 
Fringilla fg Lath. Ind. Orn. La Linotte brune, Buff. 
Defy f Jjinch, Edwards. 
ength four inches, ips bill afh colour, legs dufky, and 
the feathers throu t paleft at the tips. The eee is 
fuppofed - ect An nge ola. 
ANG wnifh-afh, with fufcous {pots, beneath 
Sa. frontlet ney chin black cheeks and throat {potted 
with y white ; rump pale gr Ginel. pas Angolenfis 
Biff. V7, angling Buff. fe oe 
Size of the common inatt = bill oa and the le egé 
flefh colour ; ‘he eva part of the plumage in the female is 
reddifh brown, beneath reddifh, witha gery band extend, 
afe 
ing from the of the bill to the back part of the head. 
In Angola the male is called by the natives Neat. and the 
fous auch The fpecies is remarkable for its me- 
fe 
BEnca ALUS. 
the = Ped ieee 
Orn. 
ere isa variety of this 
y and tail blue. 
Ouill feathers black, in the middle yellow; 
ack 5 two extr reme tail-feathers white 
CARDUELIS. 
ith the two outer 
and well “kn 
uae G ite a marked with deep ae at 
Av larger ond Tt often builds in orchards, and h m- 
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