148 FINCH. 



144— SURINAM FINCH. 



FringillaSurinama, Ind.Orn.h. 447. Lin.'i. 317. Gm.Lin.'u 900. Shaw's Zool. 



ix. 487. 

 La Linotte de Surinam, Ferm. Surin. ii. 199 ? 

 Surinam Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 276. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill sharp, yellow ; body grey ; belly whitish ; 

 quills black, the prime ones near the base white ; secondaries white 

 both at the base and tips ; tail even, blackish ; the first and second 

 feathers have a white spot on the inside, the third, fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth, white at the tips. 



Inhabits Surinam ; and may probably be the same bird mentioned 

 by Fermin, which he says, is bigger than a Sparrow ; of a greyish 

 ash-colour ; with a yellowish bill and throat. He adds, too, that the 

 song is very trifling, but the flesh much esteemed. 



145— VARIEGATED FINCH. 



Fringilla variegata, Ind. Orn. i. 448. Gm. Lin. i. 911. Share's Zool. ix. 527. 



varia nova? Hispaniae, Bris. iii. 178. Id. 8vo. i. 356. 



Le Touite, Buf.iv. 146. Seba, i. 175. t. 110. 7. 

 Variegated Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 279. 



SIZE of a Chaffinch ; length five inches and three quarters. Bill 

 yellowish ; head pale red, mixed with purple ; breast pale yellow, 

 shaded with deeper ; the feathers of the body variegated, or marbled 

 with red, yellow, blue, and white ; quills the same, and tail ; but 

 the latter margined with white at the tip ; legs red. 



Inhabits New Spain, and there called Tuite 



