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LOVELY FINCHf* 

 (Fringilla Formosa.) 



Fr. Hindis, gula juguloque flavescentibus, abdomine albo nigroque 



Jasciato, rostro pedibusque rubris. 

 Green Finch, with the throat and jugulum yellowish ; abdomen 



banded with black and white ; beak and feet red. 

 Fringilla Formosa. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 441. 23. 

 Lovely Finch. Lath, Syn. Sup. 1. l68. 



Described by Dr. Latham, who appears to 

 consider it as a variety of F. elegans, as it does 

 not differ very much from that bird ; but from its 

 inhabiting India, it is most probably distinct, as 

 the Beautiful Finch is a native of Africa : in fact, 

 this species is much smaller, and has not the rump 

 and tail similar to that of the preceding. Dr. 

 Latham's description is as follows ; " Size of a 

 Siskin : beak red : general colour of the plumage 

 green : chin and fore-part of the neck inclining 

 to yellow : belly and vent elegantly barred with 

 black and white: tail dusky black : legs pale red/* 



