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CANARY FINCH. 

 (Fringilla canaria.) 



Fr. roslro corporeque albo-Jlavicante, remigibus rectricibusque vi- 

 rescentibus. 



Finch with the beak and body whitish yellow • quills and tail- 

 feathers greenish. 



Fringilla canaria. Lin. Syst, Nat. 1. 321. 23. — Gmel. Si/st. 

 Nat. 1. 913.— Lath. Lnd. Orn. 1. 454. 68. 



Serinus canarius. Briss. 3. 184. 52. 



Le Serin des Canaries. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. \.—Buff. Pi. 



Enl. 202. /. 1. 

 Serins de Mozambique. Buff. PL Enl. 364. f. 1. 2. ? 

 Canary Finch. Alb.in. Birds. 1. 65. — Lath. Gen. St/n. 3. 293. 



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The beak and legs of this well known bird 

 are pale flesh- colour : the prevailing colour of the 

 plumage yellow, more or less mixed with grey; 

 and in some with brown on the upper parts : tail 

 slightly forked : in a state of nature these birds 

 are chiefly grey ; but in confinement they vary ex- 

 ceedingly, scarce any being found exactly similar. 



BufTon describes a bird, which came from the 

 Mosambique Coast, and appears to be referable 

 to this species : it is rather less, and has a pale 

 beak : the upper parts of the body are brown ; 

 the under parts and rump yellow: the feathers 

 of the wings, and tail, with pale edges ; and the 

 head with two or three yellow streaks : the female 

 is nearly the same. 



