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VARIEGATED FINCH. 



(Fringilla variegata.) 



Fr. rubro Jlavo cceruleo alboque variegata, pectore lutescente 



nebuloso, rectricibus apice margine albo. 

 Finch variegated with red, yellow, cserulean, and white ; breast 



clouded with lutescent; quill-feathers margined with white. 

 Fringilla variegata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 911. ; — Lath, hid. Orn. 



1. 448. 55. 

 Fringilla varis novae Hispaniae. Bris. 3. 178. 49. 

 Le Touite. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 146. 

 Variegated Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 279. 48. 



Size of the Chaffinch : length near six inches : 

 beak yellowish : head pale red and purple mixed : 

 body most beautifully variegated with red, yehow, 

 blue, and white : quills and tail the same, the 

 latter margined with white at the tip : the breast 

 pale yellow, shaded with darker : legs red. Na- 

 tive of New Spain. 



