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74.— CEYLON FINCH. 



Fringilla Zeylonica, hid. Om. i. 463. Gm. Lin. i. 906. Shaw's Zool. ix. 479. 

 Ceylon Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 317. 



SIZE small. Bill and bead black; the whole body yellow, 

 inclining to green on the back; the under parts white and dusky; 

 quills and tail dusky ; the outer edges yellow. 



Inhabits China and Ceylon. — One of these had a reddish brown 

 head ; upper parts of the body and wings green ; breast and belly 

 yellowish white — probably the female. 



Met with in some Chinese drawings. 



75.— BROWN-THROATED FINCH. 



Fringilla fuscicollis, Tnd. Orn. i. 463. Gm. Lin. i. 906. Shaw's Zool. ix. 53. 4. 

 Loxia fuscicollis, Daud. ii. 440. 

 Brown-throated Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 318. 



BILL red ; crown of the head green ; from the eyes a line of 

 white, passing backwards; throat pale brown, beneath a patch of 

 ash-colour, then one of pale red; back ferruginous; rump and vent 

 green ; wings dusky ; on the lower part of the quills a yellow spot ; 

 tail half yellow, half black ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits China. 



76.—FIRE FINCH. 



Fringilla ignita, Ind. Orn.i. 464. Gm. Lin. i. 906. Ger ini, iv. 366. Shaw's Zool. ix. 514. 



Loxia ignita, Daud. ii. 448. 



Fire Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 318. Brown, III. pi. 2. 



SIZE of the smaller Redpole. Bill dusky, base yellowish ; 

 general colour of the plumage glossy, brownish red ; vent rather 



