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YELLOW FINCH. 



(Fringilla butyi-acea.) 



Fr. virenSf superciliis pectore abdominequejlavis,remigibus prime.' 



ribus margine exteriore albis. 

 Green Finch, with the supercilia, breast, and abdomen yellow, 



and the exterior margin of the primaries white. 

 Fringilla butyracea. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 321. 22, — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1, 913. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 455. 74. 

 Chloris Indica. Bris. 3. \Q5. 55. 

 Indian Greenfinch. Edwards. 84. 

 Yellow Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 299. 68. 



Size of F. canaria : beak blackish brown above, 

 paler brown below : irides hazel : over the eyes a 

 yellow streak, and one or two of the same be- 

 neath, with a green one passing through : plumage 

 of the upper parts olive green : quills the same, 

 with whitish edges : under parts of the body, and 

 rump, yellow : tail yellowish green, and forked : 

 legs brown. This species is said to sing most re- 

 markably well, and is a native of the East Indies 

 and the Cape of Good Hope, at which latter place 

 it is extremely abundant. 



