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SPECKLED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla bononiensis.) 



Fr. albo nigro subflavoque macidata, sabtus albo-jlavescens, caplte 



albo maculis subluteis vario, rectricibus subjiavis. 

 Finch spotted with white, black and yellowish; beneath yellowish 



white ; head white, varied with yellowish spots ; tail-feathers 



yellowish. 

 Fringilla bononiensis. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. Q\g.—Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 436. 8. 

 Speckled Sparrow. Lath. Gen. Sj/ri. 3. 255.6. 



Size of Fringilla stulta : beak, head, and neck 

 white, dashed with yellowish : irides white : back 

 and rump variegated with black, white, and yel- 

 lowish : under parts yellowish white : quills dusky : 

 legs and tail yellowish. Found in the neighbour- 

 hood of Bologna. 



