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AMADUVADE FINCH, 

 ( Fringilla amandava. ) 



Fr.Jiisca rufescenteque albo-punclata, rcctricibus nigris apicepundo 

 albo. 



Brown Finch spotted with rufescent and white, with the tail- 

 feathers black, spotted with white at the tip. 



Fringilla amandava. Lin. Syst. Nat. I. 319. 10. — GmeL Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 905. — Lath. Ltd. Orn. 1. 401. 92. 



Bengalus punctulatus. Briss.3. 206. 62. t. 10. f. 4. 



Le Bengali piquete. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. QQ. t. 2. f. 1. — 

 Buff. Pl.Enl. 115. f. 3. 



Amaduvade Finch. Albin. Birds. 3. 77- — Edwards. 355. /. 1. 

 —Lath. Gen. Sy«. 3-311. 82. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 168. 



Tins little species is the size of a Wren: beak 

 dull red: upper parts of the body brown, with a 

 red tinge : the feathers of the upper wing-coverts, 

 breast, and sides, tipped with white ; quills grey 

 brown : under parts of the body, the belly ex- 

 cepted, which is dark, pale brown: tail black: legs 

 yellowish white : female resembles the male, in 

 every respect, but in having the throat, and fore- 

 part of the neck, variegated with white, and the 

 belly of a pale yellow. Inhabits various parts of 

 Asia. 



