FINCH. 113 



the upper parts pale ferruginous rose-colour; quills and tail dusky; 

 the last short ; legs pale dusky red. 



Inhabits China. — Described from drawings in the possession of 

 Sir Joseph Banks. 



85— SULT&Y FINCH. 



Fringilla calida, hid. Orn. Sup. xlviii. Shaw's Zool. 544. 

 Sultry Finch, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 210. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill dusky; general colour 

 of the plumage fine pale rufous brown; the under parts are plain, 

 but on the upper, each feather is streaked down the middle with 

 dusky black; especially the crown, where the streaks are very broad 

 and distinct ; tail even at the end ; legs pale yellow. 



Inhabits the Mahratta Country, in India. 



86— MODEST FINCH. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill pale ; plumage above 

 brown ; beneath paler, streaked with dusky ; middle of the belly 

 and vent plain ; tail rather forked, fringed with whitish at the end ; 

 legs pale. — In the collection of Lord Stanley. 



87.— LITTLE FINCH. 



LENGTH less than four inches. Bill short, sharp, dusky ; 

 plumage in general, and tail fine greenish brown, paler beneath ; 

 lower belly and vent approaching to white ; the throat mottled 

 with dusky spots ; chin yellow ; legs white ; over the eye a slender, 

 obscure yellow streak; legs very pale, almost white. 



In the collection of Lord Stanley. 



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