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COLLARED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla Indica.) 



Fr. cinereofasca, subtus nifo-alba, capistro jugulo torqueque colli 



albis, fascia pectorali alls caudaque nigris. 

 Cinereous-brown Finch ; beneath rufous white ; capistrum, jugu- 



lum, and ruff of the neck white, with a band on the breast ; the 



wings and tail black. 

 Fringilla Indica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 028. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



449. 57- 

 Fringilla torquata indica. Bris. App. 85. 

 Le Pineon a double collier. Btiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 149. 

 Collared Finch. Edwards. 272.— Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 280. 50. 



This inhabits India : the beak and head are 

 black : the throat, capistrum, and line round the 

 eyes white ; forming a collar on the neck ; on the 

 lower part of which, in front, is a black band: 

 upper parts of the body grey brown, the rump 

 palest : wing-coverts and secondaries black, edged 

 with shining rufous : greater quills black : under 

 parts of the body rufous white : tail and legs grey- 

 brown. 



