68 PINCH. 



24— GOURA FINCH. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill and legs pale brown ; plumage in 

 general deep black ; wings and tail deep rufous ; the head feathers 

 elongated, and capable of being erected into a crest, particularly so 

 in the male, from some of them being longer than the others, giving 

 the appearance of a slender crest, and as long as the head. 



The female is dusky brownish ash, mottled with dusky dots about 

 the head ; from the breast to vent very pale ash, with dusky streaks ; 

 wings and tail brown, the feathers margined with pale rufous ; the 

 head feathers a trifle longer, but barely distinguishable. 



Inhabits India. — From the drawings of Sir J. Anstruther ; there 

 named Kof-Goura. This and the last seem to be much allied. 



25 —WHITE-BREASTED FINCH. 



Fringilla melanoleuca, Ind.Orn.i. 442. Gin. Lin. \. 910. Shaw's Zool. ix. 525. 

 Moineau de Java, Buf. iii. 486. PL enl. 224. 3. 

 White-breasted Finch, Gen. Svn. iii. 268. 



SIZE of a Linnet. Bill and legs pale brown ; plumage in general 

 black, except an irregular bar of white across the breast. 

 Inhabits Java. 



26.— SCARLET FINCH. 



Fringilla coccinea, Ind. Orn.i. 444. Gm.Lin.i. 921. Shaw's Zool. ix. 454. 

 Scarlet Finch, Gen.Syn.iii. 270. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill as in the Goldfinch, but 

 longer, and very sharp at the point, colour pale brown ; the general 

 colour of the plumage a brilliant deep orange, verging to scarlet ; 



