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SENEGAL FINCH. 

 (Fringilla senegala.) 



Fr. Jusco-ferruginea, vertice subtusque rtifa, rostro rubro nigro 

 striata. 



Brown ferruginous Finch, with the crown and under parts ru- 

 fous ; beak red, striated with black. 



Fringilla senegali. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 320. 18. — Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. QOQ. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 46 1.. 93. 



Senegalis ruber. Brim 3. 208. 63. t. \0.f. 1. 



Le senegali rouge. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. A. gg.—Buf. Pi. Enl. 

 157. f. 1. 



Senegal Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 312. 83. 



There is great probability that this species may 

 be only a variety of the preceding, as some of the 

 varieties, described by BufTon and other writers, 

 approach so close to it as to make the line of dis- 

 tinction almost imperceptible : its general appear- 

 ance is as under : the beak reddish, margined with 

 brown, with a streak of the latter colour beneath 

 the under mandible, and a slight one on the ridge 

 of the upper : the top of the head, throat, fore- 

 part and sides of the neck, breast, upper part of 

 the belly, sides, rump, and upper tail-coverts, 

 reddish: lower parts of the belly, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts, brownish green : the rest of the 

 body brown : tail black. 



This species is a native of Senegal : it feeds on 

 millet ; which has suggested to the natives a mode 

 of catching it very successfully, without injury 

 to the bird : when they wish to catch any, they 



