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55. -ULTRAMARINE FINCH. 



Fringilla ultramarma, Ind. Orn.\. 457. Gm. Lin.i. 927. Shaw's Zoo!, ix. 506. 

 L'Outremer, Buf. iv. 56. 

 Ultramarine Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 301. 



SIZE of a Canary Bird, but has a rounder bead. Bill white ; 

 plumage wholly fine deep blue; legs red : young birds and females 

 are grey : the male gets the blue plumage in the spring of the second 

 year, but the female ever remains of the simple grey colour. 



Inhabits Abyssinia ; said to have a fine song. 



56— BLACK-COLLARED FINCH. 



Fringilla Abyssinica, Ind. Orn. i. 457. Gm. Lin. i. 927. Shaw's Zool. \x. 4S6. 

 Le Worabee, Buf. iv. p. 54. 

 Black-collared Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 300. 



SIZE and shape of a Canary Finch. The bill as in that bird, 

 and black ; sides of the head, beneath the eyes, throat, fore part of 

 the neck, the breast, and upper part of the belly black ; the upper 

 part of the head, the rest of the body, and lower part of the belly, 

 yellow ; at the back of the neck a collar of black, meeting the black 

 at the fore part; wing coverts and quills black, with pale edges; 

 tail black, edged with greenish yellow; legs pale brown. 



Inhabits Abyssinia, where it is met with in flocks, and known by 

 the name of Worabee ; it feeds on the seeds of a plant called Nuk, 

 which has a yellow flower, and the seeds produce an oil, much in 

 use among the Monks. 



