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CRIMSON-CROWNED FINCH. 



(Fringilla flammea.) 



Fr. Jiisca, crista flammea, corpore subtus roseo. 

 Brown Finch, with a crimson crest, and the body beneath rose- 

 coloured. 



Fringilla flammea. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 322. 26. — Lin. Faun. 

 Suec. 238. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. Ql5.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 1.438. 



if. 



Fringilla cristata. Briss. 3. 155. e. 



Flaming Finch. Penn. Arct, Zool. 2. 380. f. 



Crimson-crowned Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 259. 11. t. 47. 



Te[e Crimson-crowned Finch is the size of F. 

 cannabina, being above four inches in length : beak 

 pale brown : top of the head of a bright crimson ; 

 the feathers rather inclining to a crest : upper parts 

 of the body brown ; under parts pale rose-colour : 

 legs pale brown. Said by Linnaeus to inhabit 

 Nordland. 



