138 pinch. 



127.— LONG-TAILED FINCH. 



Fringilla macroura, Ind. Orn. i. 460. • Gm. Lin. i. 918. Shaw's Zool. ix. 547. 

 Long-tailed Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 310. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill half an inch long, pale 

 brown; plumage above not unlike that of a Skylark, beneath pale 

 ash-colour; some of the feathers of the back margined with yellow 

 olive ; wings yellowish olive-green ; under wing coverts yellow ; 

 quills brown, margined outwardly with yellow olive, making them 

 appear wholly of the last colour; tail very cuneiform, brown, the 

 two middle feathers three inches and a half in length, and pointed at 

 the ends, the outmost two inches and a half only; the others gra- 

 duated, but all pointed ; legs pale, rather short, hind claw large. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and other parts of America ; has somewhat 

 the appearance of the Grasshopper Warbler, in respect to plumage, 

 but on a larger scale. 



1 28.— ORANGE FINCH. 



Fringilla Zena, Ind. Orn. i. 446. Lin. i. 320. Gm. Lin.\. 907. Shaw's Zool. ix. 497. 



Fringilla Bahamensis, Bris. iii. 168. Id. 8vo. i. 353. Klein, 97. 6. 



Pinson a tete noiv et blanche, Bvf. iv. 140 ? 



Bahama Finch, Cates. Car. i. pi. 42. 



Orange Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 276. Arct. Zool.n. No. 244. 



SIZE of the Chaffinch ; length six inches and a quarter. Bill 

 lead-colour; irides pale; head, fore part of the neck, back, and 

 scapulars black ; on each side of the head two streaks of white, one 

 above, the other beneath the eye ; on the chin a large yellow spot ; 

 hind part of the neck, rump, and upper tail coverts dull red ; breast 

 orange ; belly, thighs, and vent, white ; wings brown, on the coverts 

 a band of white; tail brown; legs lead-colour. 



