108 FINCH. 



ending in a point on the breast ; but the breast itself, and the rest of 

 the under parts, white ; thighs rufous ; upper parts of the body 

 chestnut ; quills blackish ; inner part of the lesser ones, and under 

 the wings, chestnut ; tail the same, the four outer feathers marked 

 with a longitudinal blackish spot at the tip ; shape of the tail forked ; 

 legs brown. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



73 —CUBA FINCH. 



Fringilla Maia, Ind. Orn. i. 462. Lin. 323. Gm. Lin. i. 924. Bris. iii. 214. t. 7. f. 3. 



female. Id. 8vo. i. 3G6. Raii, 155. Will. 297. Shaw's Zool. ix. 511. 

 Loxia Cubeensis, Daud. ii. 442. 



Maia de la Cuba, Buf. iv. 105. pi. 3. PL enl. 199. 2.— female. Will. Engl. 386. 

 Cuba Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 315. 



LENGTH three inches and three quarters. Bill grey; head, 

 neck, and under parts of the body, blackish ; back and upper parts 

 purplish chestnut, brightest on the rump ; across the breast a purplish 

 chestnut band ; tail the same ; quills grey brown, edged with chest- 

 nut ; legs lead-colour. 



The female has the bill whitish ; head, neck, and upper parts, 

 fulvous ; throat purplish chestnut ; on each side of the breast a spot 

 of the same colour; the rest of the under parts dirty yellowish white; 

 quills and tail fulvous ; legs and claws grey. 



Inhabits the Island of Cuba, where the natives give it the name 

 of Maia. Found also in the East Indies ; is gregarious, flies in 

 innumerable flocks, and very hurtful to the rice fields; and in all 

 probability, may be found wherever that grain is cultivated : the flesh 

 is accounted good, and wholesome. 



