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42— PARROT FINCH— Pl. xcvi. 



Fringilla psittacea, Ind. Orn. i. 451. Gm. Lin. i. 903. Skate's Zool. ix. 447. pl. 66. 

 Parrot Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 287. pl. 48. 



SIZE of a Waxbill. Bill black; face, taking in the eyes and 

 throat, deep scarlet ; rump and vent the same ; the rest of the body 

 Parrot-green, paler beneath ; outer edge of the quills green, the 

 inner cinereous brown ; tail cuneiform, the two middle feathers deep 

 scarlet, with brown shafts ; the others have the outer web scarlet, 

 the inner brown ; legs black. 



This most beautiful species was shot by Dr. Forster, at New 

 Caledonia. 



43— RED-HEADED FINCH. 



Fringilla erythrocephala, Ind. Orn. i. 454. Gm. Lin. i. 903. Shaw's Zool. ix. 458. 

 Red-headed Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 287. Brown. III. pl. 28. 



LENGTH near five inches. Bill black ; head and neck rich 

 scarlet ; space round the eyes black ; back, breast, and belly, olive ; 

 wings black, with two bars of white on the coverts ; tail black ; legs 

 reddish grey. — Inhabits the Island of Mauritius. 



M. Temminck thinks this to be the same as the Madagascar 

 Grosbeak ; but in the specimens we have seen of that bird, not only 

 the head and neck, but every part, except the wings and tail, are 

 crimson ; though in some there is a mixture of black on the back. 

 If, therefore, at all allied, they may differ from one another in sex. 



44— CHESTNUT-BELLIED FINCH. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill black ; plumage above deep brown, 

 beneath deep ferruginous chestnut; legs black. 



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