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RED-BREASTED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla punicea.) 



Fr. nigra, gen'is corporeque tolo subtus coccimis, tectricibus alarum 



fasciolis duabus albis. 

 Black Finch, with the cheeks and whole body beneath scarlet; 



the wing-coverts with two white fascia. 

 Fringilla punicea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 921. — Lath. hid. Orn. 



1. 44-J. 34. 

 Red-breasted Finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 275. — Lath. Gen. Si/n. 



3. 272. 30. 



Found in North America in the spring : the 

 beak is white : the cheeks, throat, fore-part of the 

 neck and breast, are of a rich crimson : the crown, 

 upper part of the neck, back, wings, and tail, are 

 black : legs black : wing-coverts barred with two 

 white lines. 



