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CRIMSON-CROWNED FINCH. 



(Fringilla flam me a. ) 



Fr. Jusca, crista jlammea, corpore subtus roseo. 



Brown Finch, with a crimson crest, and the body beneath rose- 



colouretl. 

 Fringilla flamraea, Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 322. 26. — Lin. Faun. 



Suec.23S. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. Q15. — Lath. Did. Orn. 1.438. 



13. 

 Fringilla cristata. Briss. 3. 155. E. 

 Flaming Finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 380. f. 

 Crimson-crowned Finch. Lath. Gen. Syu. 3. 259. 11. t. 47. 



The Crimson-crowned Finch is the size of F. 

 cannabina, being above four inches in length : beak 

 pale brown : top of the head of a bright crimson ; 

 the feathers rather inclining to a crest : upper parts 

 of the body brown ; under parts pale rose-colour : 

 legs pale brown. Said by Linnaeus to inhabit 

 Nordland. 



