4.-5S 



RED-HEADED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla erythrocephala.) 



Fr. olivacea, capite colloque coccineis, orbitis nigris, fascia tectri- 



cum duplici alba. 

 Olivaceous Finch, with the head and neck scarlet, orbits black, 



wing-coverts with a double white band. 

 Fringilla erythrocephala. Gmel. Syst. Nat. A. Q05. — Lath. Lie/. 



Orn. 1. 452. 62. 

 Red-headed Finch. Brown's Must. 28. — Lath. Gen. Si/n. 3. 



287. 55. 



The Red-headed Finch is near five inches in 

 length : the beak is black : head and neck beau- 

 tiful scarlet : lores black : wing-coverts with two 

 white bars; the wings black: back, breast, and 

 belly olive: tail black: legs reddish grey. In- 

 habits the Isle of France. 



