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BLACK-FACED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla cristata.) 



Fr. cristata rubro-Jusca, corpore suhtus urupygio cristaque coc- 

 cineis. 



Reddish-brown crested Finch, with the body beneath, rump, 



and crest scarlet. 

 Fringilla cristata. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1 . 926. 2. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 434. 4. 



Le Friquet huppe. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 496, 

 Moineau de Cayenne. Buff. PI. Enl. 181./. 1. 

 Black-faced Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 253. 3. — Lath. Syn. 

 Sup. 164. 



Size of a House Finch : length six and a half 

 inches : beak red : upper parts of the plumage, 

 wings, and tail, reddish-brown : under parts, and 

 rump, crimson : top of the head crested and crim- 

 son : sides of the head black : legs brown. Inha- 

 bits Cayenne, and other parts of South America. 



