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RED-FACED FINCH, 

 (Fringilla afra. ) 



Fi\ fusco viridis, genis pallide coccineis, cauda coccinea, remigibus 



nigricantibus extus aurantiis. 

 -Brown-green Finch; cheeks pale scarlet, tail deep scarlet, quills 



blackish, externally orange. 

 Fringilla afra. Gmd. Syst. Nat. g05.~Lath. Ltd. Orn. I, 



451. 60. 



Red-faced Finch. Brown's Blust. 25. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 28(5. 

 53. 



Described in Brown's Illustrations of Zoology: 

 in length near six inches : prevailing colour of the 

 plumage deep dull green : cheeks crimson : pri- 

 mary quills dusky, margined with dull orange: 

 tail dull crimson : legs yellowish* Native of 

 Angola. 



