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EUSTACHIAN FINCH. 

 (Fringilla Eustachii.) 



Fr. Jiava subtus aurantia, macula hvfra oculos ccerulea, alis cau^ 



daque rubris. 

 Yellow Finch, beneath orange, with a cerulean spot beneath the 



eyes ; wings and tail red. 

 Fringilla Eustachii. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 911. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1.448. 54. 

 Fringilla insulae S. Eustachii. Bris. 3. 177. 48. 

 Le Pine, on jaune et rouge. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 145. 

 Eustachian Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn.3. 2JQ.A7. 



Length five inches and a half: beak red : side 

 of the head, beneath the eye, with a blue spot : 

 head, neck, and upper parts, brilliant yellow : 

 wings, tail, and legs, red : breast and under parts 

 orange. Inhabits the Isle of St. Eustatia. 



