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STRASBURGH FINCH. 

 (Fringilla argentoratensis.) 



Fr. fusca, subtus rufafusco maculata, abdomine infimo albido. 

 Fuscous Finch, beneath rufous, spotted with fuscous ; abdomen 



beneath whitish. 

 Fringilla argentoratensis. Gmel. Syst.Nat. I.9I8. — Lath.Ind. 



Orn. 1.460.87. 

 Linaria argentoratensis. Briss. 3. 146.34. 

 Le Gyntel de Strasbourg. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 73. 

 Strasburgh Finch. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 308. yj. 



The Strasburgh Finch is the size of the common 

 Redpole : the head and upper parts of the body 

 are brown: the chin, neck, breast, and sides 

 rufous, spotted with brown : the belly and vent 

 are whitish : quills and tail brown : legs reddish. 

 Found in the neighbourhood of Strasburgh, where 

 it goes by the name of the Gyntel. 



