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RED-FACED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla afra.) 



Fr. fusco viridisy genis pallide coccineis, cauda coccinea, rtmigibus 



nigricantibus extus aurantiis. 

 Brown-green Finch; cheeks pale scarlet, tail deep scarlet, quills 



blackish, externally orange. 

 Fringilla afra. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. go5. — Lath. Ind. Orn. ]. 



451. 60. 

 Red-faced Finch. Brown's Must. 25. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 286. 



53. 



Described in Brown's Illustrations of Zoology: 

 in length near six inches : prevailing colour of the 

 plumage deep dull green : cheeks crimson : pri- 

 mary quills dusky, margined with dull orange : 

 tail dull crimson : legs yellowish. Native of 

 Angola. 



