544 SULTRY FINCH. 



fasten a large hollowed gourd on a stick, with the 

 bottom upwards, and a string is attached which 

 leads to some sheltered spot where the operator 

 may observe the motions of the bird, and to which 

 he retires after having strewed some millet be- 

 neath the gourd ; when the birds arrive in num- 

 bers to feed on it, and the stick being pulled, 

 entraps them : they are very familiar, and both 

 sexes are said to sing tolerably well. 



SULTRY FINCH. 



(Fringilla calida.) 



Fr. fuaca-rufa, coy pore supra striis longitudinalibus nigris, pedi- 



bns pallidis. 

 Fuscous-red Finch, with the body above longitudinally striated 



with black, feet pale. 

 Fringilla calida. Lath. Si/n. Sup. II. xlviii. 2. 

 Sultry Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 210. 13. 



Native of the Mahrattas : length five inches 

 and a half: beak dusky: upper parts of the body 

 pale rufous brown : the middle of each feather 

 dusky black, especially on the top of the head : 

 under parts plain brown : legs pale yellow. 



