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SCARLET FINCH. 

 ( Fringilla coccinea.) 



Fr. Julvo coccinea, alis caudaque nigricantibus, remigibus fulvo 



marginatis, rectricibus apice nigris. 

 Fulvous-scarlet Finch, with the wings and tail blackish, the 



quills margined with fulvous, and the tips of the tail-feathers 



black. 



Fringilla coccinea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 921. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 444. 32. 



Scarlet Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 270. 28. 



The general colour of the plumage of this bird 

 is of a beautiful deep orange, inclining to scarlet : 

 the wings and tail are dusky ; the latter even at 

 the end : quills edged with orange ; primaries 

 with black tips : legs black : beak brown. Native 

 of the Sandwich Islands, and is about four inches 

 and a half in length. 



