152 FRINGILLID.E. 



The female, according to Temminck, has the upper parts 

 of the body greenish-grey, the feathers bordered with yel- 

 lowish-green ; the rump is pale yellow ; the under parts of 

 the body are greenish-grey, marked with longitudinal blackish 

 lines, the middle of the belly whitish : this sex has also the 

 white bars upon the wings. 



The entire length of this bird is about six inches ; the 

 wing measures three inches and a half from the carpus to the 

 end of the longest quill-feather ; the first three quill-feathers 

 are nearly equal in length. The beak measures eight lines 

 from the forehead to the tip, is much thinner than in the 

 preceding species, and much compressed laterally. 



