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brown, edged with grey; tail long, much rounded at the end, deep 

 brown; legs brown. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



22 —LOVELY FINCH. 



Fringilla formosa, Ind. Orn. i. 441. Shaw's Zool. ix. 466. 

 Lovely Finch, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 268. 



SIZE of a Siskin, Bill red ; the general colour of the plumage 

 green ; chin and fore part of the neck inclining to yellow; belly and 

 vent elegantly barred black and white ; tail dusky black ; legs pale 

 red. — Inhabits India ; met with among the drawings of Lady Impey, 

 as also in those of Mrs. Wheeler. 



In the collection of Sir J. Anstruther is a similar bird ; length, 

 in the drawing, under four inches. Bill and irides red : the general 

 colours much the same as the other ; the vent pale greenish yellow ; 

 tail much rounded, of a deep black, the upper coverts reaching to 

 the middle of it. 



Inhabits the Coast of Coromandel. 



23.— MACAO FINCH. 



Fringilla melanictera, Ind. Orn. i. 442. Gm. Lin. i. 910. 

 Moineau de Macao, Buf. iii. 486. PI- enl. 224. 1. 

 Black and orange Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 268. 



SIZE of a Linnet ; length four inches and a half. The bill pale 



brown; plumage in general full black, except the wings and tail, 



the feathers of which are deeply margined with ferruginous ; and on 



the belly a few white spots ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Macao. 



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