472 CITRIL FINCH. 



the body variegated with fulvous and dusky ; the 

 under parts being white ; and legs cinereous : 

 feeds on the seeds of the hoauhtli. 



CITRIL FINCH. 



(Fringilla citrinella.) 



Fr. subvirescens, dorsojicsco-muculato, pedibas incarnatis, corpore 

 subtus Jlavescente. 



Greenish Finch, with the beak spotted with fuscous; feet flesh- 

 coloured ; body beneath yellowish. 



Fringilla citrinella. Lin. Syst. Nat. ]. 320. \6. — Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 908. — Lath. Lid. Orn. l. 434. 70. 



Serinus Italicus. Briss. 3. 182. 51. 



Le Venturon de Provence. Buff. PI. Enl. 658. f. 2. 



Citril Finch. WiUoug. Birds. 265. 46.— Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 297. 64. 



The Citril Finch is rather less than the Serin : its 

 beak is brown : the upper parts of the plumage 

 yellowish green, sprinkled with brown : the lesser 

 wing-coverts, and quills, greenish; the greater 

 dusky, edged with green : the under parts of the 

 body, and rump, greenish yellow: the breast of 

 the male brightest: tail-feathers similar to the 

 wing-coverts, and slightly forked: legs flesh- 

 colour. 



This species has a very fine song, and is very 

 common in Greece, Italy, France, Turkey, and 

 other neighbouring places. 



