FINCH. 117 



92— NITID FINCH. 



Fringilla nitida, Ind. Orn. Sup. xlviii. Shaw's Zool. ix. 536. 

 Nitid Finch, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 211. 



SIZE of the House Sparrow. Bill pale red ; legs pale yellow ; 

 plumage above, including the tail, pale ash-colour ; beneath white, 

 but the sides next the wings incline to yellow ; quills dull ferru- 

 ginous yellow; over the eyes a black band, passing down a little 

 way on the ears as a broad patch. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



93.— WAVE-BREASTED FINCH. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill black ; plumage above 

 green ; round the eye, and beneath to the breast grey, marked with 

 small brownish spots ; breast and belly whitish green, with darker 

 green waves; quills dusky, with greenish edges; tail rounded; legs 

 pale buff-colour. 



Inhabits New Holland. — General Davies. 



94. -SLATY FINCH. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill dusky, with a few slender 

 hairs at the base; plumage above slate-colour; chin, even with the 

 eye, and throat white ; on the breast a dusky crescent ; beneath this 

 ferruginous ; vent paler ; thighs pale ash ; quills and tail dusky, the 

 feathers edged with grey ; tips of the latter black ; legs dusky black. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



