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CANARY FINCH. 

 (Fringilla canaria.) 



Fr. rostro corporeque alboffavicante, remigibus rectricibusque w* 

 rescentibus. 



Finch with the beak and body whitish yellow ; quills and tail- 

 feathers greenish. 



Fringilla canaria. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 321. 23. — Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 913. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 454. 68. 



Serinus canarius. Briss. 3. 184. 52. 



Le Serin des Canaries. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. I.— Buff. PI. 

 Enl. 202. f. 1. 



Serins de Mozambique. Buffi PI. Enl. 364. Jl l. 2. ? 



Canary Finch. Albin. Birds. 1. 65. — Lath. Gen. Syn.3. 2Q3. 

 62. 



The beak and legs of this well known bird 

 are pale flesh- colour : the prevailing colour of the 

 plumage yellow, more or less mixed with grey; 

 and in some with brown on the upper parts : tail 

 slightly forked : in a state of nature these birds 

 are chiefly grey ; but in confinement they vary ex- 

 ceedingly, scarce any being found exactly similar. 



Buffon describes a bird, which came from the 

 Mosambique Coast, and appears to be referable 

 to this species : it is rather less, and has a pale 

 beak : the upper parts of the body are brown ; 

 the under parts and rump yellow: the feathers 

 of the wings, and tail, with pale edges ; and the 

 head with two or three yellow streaks : the female 

 is nearly the same. 



