446 



RED- CROWNED FINCH. 



have been killed each night, during the greatest 

 part of the winter. They generally fly so close 

 together, that a great many may be killed with 

 one shot : Dr. Latham mentions having received 

 eighteen that were killed in that way. The flesh 

 of these birds is said to be very bitter, but in- 

 finitely superior to that of the Chaf-finch ; but their 

 song is much inferior, being only a disagreeable 

 chirp : they are said to be particularly fond of 

 beech mast, but will feed on most kinds of food 

 that are usually given to caged birds. 



RED-CROWNED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla ruticapilla.) 



Fr. corpore supra fusco snbtus cinereo, gulajerruginea, capisiro 



albo, capillitio insuper riifescente, cauda nigra. 

 Finch with the body above fuscous, beneath cinereous, throat 



ferruginous, capistrum white, the hairs inclining to red, tail 



black. 

 Fringilla ruticapilla. Lath. Ind. Orn. J. 438. 14. 

 Ember iza ruticapilla. Mus. Carls. 2. 44. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 



88/. 

 Red-crowned Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 20(5. 1. 



Beak brown : crown and back of the head 

 reddish, bordered with black on the sides and in 

 front: face and cheeks white, spotted with black: 

 ehin rust-colour : upper parts of the plumage 

 brown : breast reddish ash : belly and vent ash- 

 colour : tail black. 



