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90— DUREE FINCH.— Pl. xcvii. 



SIZE of a Sparrow. Bill whitish ; head and neck hoary ; from 

 the base of the bill a black stripe passes through the eye, on each 

 side, to the nape ; upper parts of the body, wings, and tail brown, 

 the margins of the feathers paler; chin and all beneath black, passing 

 on each side of the neck as a half collar ; sides and thighs ash-colour; 

 tail rounded, dark brown, or black, with the centre feathers inclining 

 to cinereous ; the outer web, and point of the exterior one dirty white ; 

 legs dirty red, feet small, toes distinct. 



The female is like the male above ; round the eye, chin, throat, 

 breast, belly, under wing and tail coverts, sides, and thighs whitish 

 brown; quills brownish, with pale margins ; tail and feet as in the 

 male, but paler. 



Inhabits Bengal throughout the year, found among the grass ; is 

 the Duree of the Bengalese, and the Mussulmans — Dr. Buchanan. 

 The egg is dusky white, with pale cinereous spots, somewhat like 

 that of a Canary Bird, named Dula : found at Cawnpore, in May. 



91.— TEMPORAL FINCH. 



Fringilla Temporalis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xlviii. Shaio's Zool. ix. 533. 

 Temporal Finch, Gen. Syn. Sup.'n. 211. 



LENGTH between four and five inches. Bill and legs reddish 

 brown ; crown of the head blue grey ; body above, wings, and tail, 

 pale brown; beneath white; from the bill a dull crimson streak, 

 growing broader at the back part, and forming an oval patch ; rump 

 crimson. 



Inhabits New South Wales, and called Goo-lung-ag-ga. Is very 

 common there, and easily domesticated, being of a most lively 

 disposition when in a cage ; and even old birds will be perfectly 

 reconciled, after being caught three or four days. 



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