FINCH. 



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A. — Passer cainpestris, Bris. iii. 82. Id. 8vo. i. 3'29. Gerin. iii. 341. 61. 

 Passer sylvestris, Rail, 88. 16. Will. 186. JFmcA, t. 7. A7ei», 88. 2. 

 Red-headed Sparrow, Alhin, iii. pi. 05. 

 Wood Sparrow of Aldrovand, Will. Engl. 253. 17. 



Bill yellowish white; crown rusty red; round the eyes white; 

 irides yellowish ; back, tail, and feet, dusky ferruginous, the tips of 

 the feathers yellow; from chin to tail ash-colour, the ends of the 

 feathers inclining' to red, and the chin and underside of the neck 

 crossed with continued blackish lines ; wings dusky ferruginous, but 

 the first feathers that cover their ridges end in a notable white — so 

 far Willughby, from Aldrovandus. 



B. — Passer torquatus, Bris. iii. 85. Id. 8vo. i. 330. 



This is brown, varied with rufous above, beneath grey; crown 

 chestnut ; throat black ; neck surrounded with a white ring; tail grey 

 brown, the feathers edged with brown. In the female the crown is 

 not chestnut, and the black on the throat wanting. These are pro- 

 bably Varieties, or sexual differences of the Tree Finch, if not birds 

 in imperfect plumage. 



6— RING FINCH. 



Fringilla Petronia, Ind. Om. i. 435. Lin. i. 322. Gm. Lin. i. 919. Frisch, t. 3. Klein, 

 96. 3. Id. Stem. 17. t. 18. f. 2. a. b. Id. ov. 29. t. 9. f. 8. Faun. Helv. Gerin. 

 iii. t. 341. 1. Faun. arag. 87. No. 7. SIwiv's Zool. ix. 434. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 

 p. 209. Id. Ed. ii. p. 349. 



Passer torquatus, Raii, 87. Will. 183. 



Petronia marina, Raii, 80. 2. & 92. 10. Will. 171. Id. Engl. 267. 



Passer Sylvestris, Bris. iii. 88. t, 5. f. 1. Id. Svo. i. 331. 



LaSoulcie, Buf. iii. 498. t. 30. f. 1. PL enl. 225. 



Der Graufinke, Naturf. xvii. 94. 



