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CRIMSON-HEADED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla rosea.) 



Fr. cinereo-rubescens, subtus alba, capitis uropygii gutturisque 

 pennis apice ruberrimis, remigibus rectricibusque fuscis margine 

 lutescentibus. 



Ash-coloured red Finch ; beneath white, with the feathers of the 

 head, rump, and throat, tipped with red; the quills and tail- 

 feathers fuscous, with yellowish margins. 



Fringilla rosea. /3. Lath. Lid. Orn. 1. 4-14. 33. 



Loxia erythrina. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1, 8(54. 



Crimson-headed Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 271. 2Q. — Penn. 

 Arct. Zool. 2. 257. ? 



j5. rosea, capistro argenteo, dorso lituris ex griseo fuscescentibus 

 vario, alis caudaque nigricantibus, recticum margine exteriore 

 roseo. 



Rose-coloured, with the capistrum silvery, back varied with grey- 

 brown marks, wings and tail blackish, the exterior tail-fea- 

 thers bordered with rose-colour. 



Fringilla rosea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 444. 33. — Gmel, Si/st. Nat, 

 1. 923, 



Rosy Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 207. 3. 



This bird is the size of Loxia Chloris : length 

 about five inches: beak brownish horn-colour 

 between which and the eyes the colour is ash- 

 coloured-grey : head, neck, and throat, red : lower 

 part of the neck whitish: nape and back cinereous, 

 tinged with red: wing- coverts brown, margined 

 with reddish : quills brown, with luteous borders: 

 under parts white, tinged with red on the breast 

 and sides: tail slightly forked; shafts of the 

 feathers brown, margins yellowish : legs horn- 



