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RED-HEADED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla erythrocephala.) 



Fr. olivacea, capite colloque coccineis, orbit is nigris, fascia tectri- 

 cum duplici alba. 



Olivaceous Finch, with the head and neck scarlet, orbits black, 



wing-coverts with a double white band. 

 Fringilla erythrocephala. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 905. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 452. 62. 



Red-headed Finch. Brown's Illust. 28.— -Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 287. 55. 



The Red-headed Finch is near five inches in 

 length : the beak is black : head and neck beau- 

 tiful scarlet : lores black : wing-coverts with two 

 white bars; the wings black: back, breast, and 

 belly olive : tail black : legs reddish grey. In- 

 habits the Isle of France. 



