436 



WHITE-TAILED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla leucura.) 



Fr. Jlavicans castaneo maculata, lineolis candidis variegata, subtus 



capiteque albo-lutescens, rectricibus cinereo candicantibus. 

 Yellowish Finch spotted with chesnut, and variegated with 



white stripes ; beneath and head whitish yellow ; tail-feathers 



whitish ash. 

 Fringilla leucura. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 9 19. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1.436. 9. 

 White-tailed Sparrow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 256. 7. 



Size of F. domestica : head and under parts 

 whitish yellow: upper parts yellowish, spotted 

 with chesnut and streaked with white : tail ash- 

 coloured white. Found at Bologna. 



FOOLISH FINCH. 



(Fringilla stulta.) 



Fr. griseo-rufescens,ferrugineo maculata, subtus Jlavesccns, fascia 

 alarum duplici alba. 



Grey-rufescent Finch spotted with ferruginous, beneath yel- 

 lowish, with a double white band on the wings. 



Fringilla stulta. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 919. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 436. 7. 



Passer stultus. Bris. 3. 87. 5. 



Foolish Sparrow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 255. 5. 



About the size of the House Finch : above 

 rufous grey, spotted with ferruginous: over the 



