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PARROT FINCH. 

 (Fringilia psittacea.) 



Fr. viridis, facie uropygio rectricibusque coccineis, lateribus intus 

 fuscis. 



Green Finch, with the face, rump, and tail scarlet, the inner 

 side brown. 



Fringilia psittacea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 903, — Lath. hid. Orn. 

 1. 417- 61. 



Parrot Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 28?. 54. t. 48, 



This beautiful species is a native of New Cale- 

 donia : in length about four inches : beak black : 

 face, throat, rump, and tail, bright scarlet : rest of 

 the body of a beautiful green, lightest beneath : 

 outer edge of the quills green; the inner grey- 

 brown : wings reach to the base of the tail, which 

 is wedge-shaped, and has the two middle feathers 

 bright scarlet, with brown shafts ; the other five 

 on each side have only the outer web scarlet, the 

 inner being brown. 



