FINCH. 127 



In the female, the feathers on the upper parts are blackish, 

 margined with yellowish brown ; behind the eye a blackish streak ; 

 rump grey; beneath dusky yellowish brown; tail black, edged 

 with grey; legs reddish. 



Inhabits Brazil, and is very common. — One, said to be a female, 

 in Lord Stanley's Collection, had the head, to below the eyes, deep 

 brown ; above the eye a whitish streak, and a narrower one down 

 the crown. 



A. — Fringilla iEthiops, Lid. Qrri. i. 442. /3. Jacq. Vog. p. 10. Gm. Lin. i. 908. 



Id. p. 910. 49. /3. 

 Moineati de Cayenne, PL enl. 224. 3 ? 

 Glossy Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 268. 21. A. Id. Sup. 165. 



Size of a Chaffinch. Irides rufous ; whole plumage deep black. 



Inhabits the woods of Carthagena, in South America ; also 

 Cayenne ; said to have a very weak note, to produce which requires 

 great exertion, as the head feathers, during the time of singing, as 

 well as those of the neck, appear erect; feeds on fruits and seeds; is 

 easily tamed, and will be satisfied with bread, when kept in a cage. 



B.— Nootka Finch, Gen. Syn. Sup. 170. Ind. Orn. i. 442. 25. y. 



Size uncertain. General colour black, with a white bill. 

 Inhabits Nootka Sound, where it is called Mamat. 



109.— CINEREOUS FINCH. 



Fringilla cinerea, Ind.Orn.'x. Abb. Gm.Lin.i. 922. Shaw's Zool.ix. 529. 

 Cinereous Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 274. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 260. 



BILL long and dusky ; head, and upper parts cinereous brown, 

 edged with obscure rust-colour ; at the corners of the upper mandible 



