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LEPID FINCH. 



(Fringilla lepida.) 



Fr. fusco-virens , fascia supra-oculari infra-oculari gulaque Jvhis 



pectore nigro. 

 Brown-green Finch, with a band above, and another beneath 



the eyes, and the throat fulvous, breast black. 

 Fringilla lepida. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 320. 14. — Gmel. Syst. Nat, 



1. 907.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. ±55. 73. 

 Lepid Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 2QQ. 67. — Lath. Syn. Sup. IGJ. 



This bird is about four inches in length : the 

 beak and eyes are black, with a fulvous stripe 

 above, and another smaller one beneath the eye : 

 chin fulvous : breast black : general colour of the 

 plumage greenish brown : legs grey. This bird 

 has a very weak voice, and is frequently singing : 

 it is easily tamed, and inhabits the woods about 

 Havannah, in the island of Cuba. 



