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FRIZZLED FINCH. 



(Fringilla crispa.) 



Fr. olivacca subtus lutea, capite nigro, pennis p/urimis recurvatis. 

 Olive Finch, beneath luteous, head black, with many of the 



feathers recurved. 

 Fringilla crispa. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 324. 3g.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 927.— Br is.. App. 86. — Lath. hid. Orn. 1. 449. 56. 

 Le Pincon frize. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 148. t. 7 . f. 2. 

 Black and yellow Frizzled Sparrow. Edwards. T]\. f. 1. 

 Frizzled Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 280. 49. 



This most singular "bird is the size of F. 

 Coelebs ; and has all the feathers of the body 

 frizzled, like some of the varieties of poultry : 

 the beak is white : head and neck black ; with 

 sometimes a white streak reaching from the fore- 

 head to the crown, and a white patch beneath the 

 eye : upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, 

 bright olive ; under parts yellow : legs brown. 

 Supposed to inhabit Africa. 



