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FIRE FINCH. 

 (Fringilla ignita.) 



Fr. Jusco-rnbra nitens, rostro remigibus cavdaque obscuris. 

 Brown-red shining Finch, with the beak, quills, and tail dull. 

 Fringilla ignita. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. Q06. — Lath. Ind. Orn 1. 



464. 100. 

 Fire Finch. Brown's Illust. 2. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 318. 90. 



The Fire Finch is the size of the Lesser Red- 

 pole : beak dusky yellowish at the base : the prevail- 

 ing colour of the plumage glossy brownish red ; 

 the vent darkest : quills and tail dusky : legs flesh- 

 colour : female pale reddish brown : forehead, and 

 between the eyes, crimson : tail reddish, dusky at 

 the tip. Inhabits Gambia. 



