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RUFOUS- CHINNED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla noctis.) 



Fr. nigra, gula lorisque rufis, rostro irigro. 



Black Finch, with the throat and lores rufous, and beak black. 

 Fringilla noctis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 320. 19. — Gmcl. Syst. Nat. 



I. 909. — Lath. Ind. Ovn. 1. 441, 24. 

 Passer niger. Briss. 3, r 1 18. 23. f» f. t. 1. 

 Pere noir. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 485.— Buff. PL Enl 201. 



Rufous-chinned Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 267. 20. 

 /3. Plumbeo-ccerulea, gula macula riifa, remigibus rectricibusque 

 nigricantibus. 



Of a lead-coloured blue; the throat- with a rufous spot, quills 



and tail-feathers dusky. 

 Fringilla martinicensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 909. 

 Tanagra ruficollis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 894. 

 Rufous-throated Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 241. — Lath. Syn. 



Sup. l6l. 



Size of the Sparrow : length about five inches : 

 beak black: irides red: the whole plumage black, 

 except the chin, and a spot between the beak and 

 eye, which are rufous orange-colour : legs blackish. 



The rufous-throated Tanager, of Dr. Latham, is 

 only a slight variety of this species, differing in 

 being of a very dark indigo blue, and wanting the 

 orange- coloured spot between the beak and eye : 

 in other respects it is similar to the above. 



Both varieties are said to be very common at 

 Martini co, Jamaica, and other of the West India 

 Islands: they feed on seeds, grass, fruits, and 

 insects. 



