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ORANGE FINCH. 



(Fringilla zena.) 



Fr. nigra subtus alba, linea supra infraque oculos Candida, pectore 

 fulvo, gula macula Jiava. 



Black Finch, beneath white, with a white line above and be- 

 neath the eyes, breast fulvous, throat with a yellow spot. 



Fringilla zena. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 320. 13. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 

 1. Q07.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 446. 46. 



Fringilla bahamensis. Briss. 3. 168, 43. 



Le Pingon a tete noire et blanche. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 140. 



Orange Finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 144. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 276. 40. 



The Orange Finch is above six inches in length: 

 the beak is lead-coloured : the head, front of the 

 neck, back, and scapulars, are black ; the former 

 with two streaks of white, one of which is above, 

 the other beneath the eye : irides pale : throat 

 with a large yellow spot : hind part of the neck 

 dull red : breast orange-coloured : wings brown ; 

 their coverts with a white band : rump and upper 

 tail-coverts dull red : tail brown : legs the same 

 as the beak : female with the colours less brilliant : 

 and with the head and neck cinereous, which co- 

 lour is very predominant over the whole plumage : 

 the under parts of the body are palest. Found 

 in various parts of the West Indies, and South 

 America. 



