FINCH. Ill 



79.— BLUE-CROWNED FINCH. 



Fringilla C3'anocephala, Ind. Orn. i. 464. Gm. Lin. i. 924. Mill. III. No. 24. Skate's 



Zool. ix. 509. 

 Loxia cyanoeephala, Daud. ii. 449. 

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



LENGTH seven inches. Bill dusky ; crown of the head blue, 

 bounded behind with red; round the eye white; hind part of the 

 neck and back pale reddish brown ; lower part of the back and 

 rump pale blue, beneath yellow ; thighs and vent white ; middle 

 and greater wing - coverts margined with white ; quills and tail black ; 

 legs pale brown. 



Inhabits Senegal. — The three last seem much allied. 



80.— LUNAR FINCH. 



Fringilla lunata, Ind. Orn. i. 465. Gm. Lin. i. 924. Mill. III. t. 30. Shaiv's Zool. 



ix. 512. 

 Lunar Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 320. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill slender, dusky black ; 

 head, neck, and back, reddish ; the last inclining to brown ; rump 

 pale blue ; across the throat a narrow black crescent, bounded below 

 with yellow ; quills black, the ends of them blue, and marked with 

 a white spot at the tips ; tail and legs black. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



81.— GREEN-RUMPED FINCH. 



Fringilla multicolor, Ind. Orn. ii. 465. Gm. Lin. i. 924. Shaw's Zool. ix. 4S3. 

 Green-rumped Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 329. 



BILL bluish ; head, hind part of the neck, upper part of the 

 back, and tail, black ; cheeks, chin, and the rest of the under parts, 



