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CITRIL FINCH. 



the body variegated with fulvous and dusky ; the 

 under parts being white ; and legs cinereous i 

 feeds on the seeds of the hoauhtli. 



CITRIL FINCH. 

 (Fringilla citrinella.) 



Fr. subvirescens, dorso Jiisco-maculato, pedibus incarnatis, corpore 

 subtus Jlavescente. 



Greenish Finch, with the beak spotted with fuscous; feet flesh- 

 coloured; body beneath yellowish. 



Fringilla citrinella. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 320. l6. — Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 908. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 454. 70. 



Serinus Italicus. Briss. 3. 182. 51. 



Le Venturon de Provence. Buff. PI. Enl. 658. f. 2. 



Citril Finch. Willoug. Birds. 265. 46. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 297. 64. 



The Citril Finch is rather less than the Serin : its 

 beak is brown : the upper parts of the plumage 

 yellowish green, sprinkled with brown : the lesser 

 wing-coverts, and quills, greenish; the greater 

 dusky, edged with green : the under parts of the 

 body, and rump, greenish yellow : the breast of 

 the male brightest: tail-feathers similar to the 

 wing-coverts, and slightly forked : legs flesh- 

 colour. 



This species has a very fine song, and is very 

 common in Greece, Italy, France, Turkey, and 

 other neighbouring places. 



