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RUFOUS-CHINNED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla noctis.) 



Fr. nigra, gula hrisque riifis, rostro vigro. 



Black Finch, with the throat and lores rufous, and beak black. 



Fringilla noctis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 320. 1Q. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 909. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 441. 24. 

 Passer niger. Briss. 3. 118. 23. f. 7. t. 1. 

 Pere noir. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 485.— Buff. PI. Enl. 201. 



Rufous-chinned Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 267 '. 20. 



jS. Plumb eo-cxrulea, gula macula riifa, remigibus rectricibusque 



nigricantibus. 

 Of a lead-coloured blue; the throat with a rufous spot, quills 



and tail-feathers dusky. 

 Fringilla martinicensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 909. 

 Tanagra ruficollis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 894. 

 Rufous-throated Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 241. — Lath. Syn. 



Sup. 161. 



Size of the Sparrow : length about five inches : 

 beak black: irides red: the whole plumage black, 

 except the chin, and a spot between the beak and 

 eye, which are rufous orange-colour : legs blackish. 



The rufous-throated Tanager, of Dr. Latham, is 

 only a slight variety of this species, differing in 

 being of a very dark indigo blue, and wanting the 

 orange- coloured spot between the beak and eye : 

 in other respects it is similar to the above. 



Both varieties are said to be very common at 

 Martinico, Jamaica, and other of the West India 

 Islands: they feed on seeds, grass, fruits, and 

 insects. 



