NORTON FINCH. 485 



chin hangs a tuft of black feathers, similar in 

 appearance to a beard ; and which, in old birds, 

 extends to the middle of the breast : the body is 

 yellow, with a green tinge : the wings are green, 

 yellow, red, and black, mixed: tail brown: female 

 entirely grey ; the chin without the beard-like 

 appendage, and the wings with yellow spots. 



Found in the mountainous districts of Chili, 

 building in trees a nest composed of straw and 

 feathers, and laying two eggs : the male has a 

 very fine song, and is often kept in cages, but 

 the female is silent : it is called by the Spaniards 

 Jilguero, and its flesh is in high estimation, being 

 reckoned very delicious. 



NORTON FINCH. 



(Fringilla nortoniensis. ) 



Fr. nigra, subtus alba, jugulo Jerrugineo maculato, remigibus cau- 

 daque nigricantibits, rectrice extima linea longitudinali alba. 



Black Finch, beneath white; jugulum spotted with ferruginous; 

 quills and tail blackish; the outer tail-feather with a longitu- 

 dinal white line. 



Fringilla nortoniensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1, 922. — Lath. Lid. 

 Orn. ]. 446. 42. 



Norton Finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 1. 256. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 274. 36. 



This bird has the head and upper part of the 

 neck black, edged with bright bay colour : the 

 belly and sides white : primary quills dusky ; 

 secondaries black, edged with bright brown : the 



