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CHINESE SISKIN FINCH. 

 (Fringilla Sinensis.) 



Fr. olivacea subtus Jiava, capite nigro, tectricibus alarum minori- 



bus Jasciis duabus nigris, remigibus rectricibusque nigris basi 

 Jlavis. 

 Olive Finch, beneath yellow ; head black ; lesser wing-coverts 



with two black fasciae ; quills and tail-feathers black, yellow 



at the base. 

 Fringilla Sinensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 915. — Lath. Lid. Orn. 



1.447- 50. 

 Le Tarrain de la Chine. Sonnet: Voy. Lnd. 2. 202. 

 Chinese Siskin. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 293. 61. 



Beak and head of this species black : hind part 

 of the neck, and back, olive-green : wing-coverts 

 yellow ; the lesser ones with two black fascia?, 

 and the larger with a black spot at the tip : quills 

 black; the greater ones, at the base, yellow: fore- 

 part of the neck, belly, and vent, yellow : tail 

 yellow at the base, and black at the tip : legs 

 black. Native of China. 



