110 FINCH. 



darker ; quills dusky ; tail the same, rather cuneiform ; legs pale 

 flesh-colour. — The female pale reddish brown; forehead and between 

 the eyes crimson ; tail reddish, shaped like that of the male, with 

 the end dusky. 



Inhabits Gambia, in Africa. 



77.— BLUE-HEADED FINCH. 



Fringilla eyanonielas, Ind. Orn. i. 464. Gin. Lin. i. 924. Shaw's Zool. ix. 508. 



— eaerulea, &c. Nov. Com. C. Petr. xi. 434. t. 16. f. 6. 

 Demi-fin noir et bleu, Buf. v. 327. 

 Blue-headed Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 319. 



SIZE of the Greater Linnet. Bill brown ; head and neck blue ; 

 between the eyes, across the forehead, a narrow black line ; chin and 

 throat black ; across the upper part of the back a semicircle of black; 

 wing coverts, lower part of the back, and rump blue ; breast, belly, 

 and vent blue ; quills blackish brown, edged with blue, appearing 

 green in some lights ; tail even, brown black ; legs brown. 



Inhabits India. 



78.— AZURE-HEADED FINCH. 



Fringilla picta, Ind. Orn. i. 464. Gin. Lin. i. 924. 

 Loxia picta, Daud. ii. 449. 

 Azure-headed Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 319. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill red ; crown of the head pale blue ; 

 hind part of the neck, throat, breast, and under tail coverts, purplish ; 

 greater coverts green; lower part of the back and rump yellow; 

 quills and tail blue; legs red. 



Inhabits China. — I saw this among some drawings in possession 

 of the late Dr. Fothergill. 



