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YELLOW FINCH. 

 (Fringilla butyracea.) 



Fr. viren&j 6uperciliis pectore abdomineque jlavis,remigibus prime* 



ribus margine exteriore albis. 

 Green Finch, with the supercilia, breast, and abdomen yellow, 



and the exterior margin of the primaries white. 

 Fringilla butyracea. Lin. Syst* Nat. 1.321.22. — Gmd. Syst. 



Nat. 1. gi3.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 455. 74. 

 Chloris Indica. Bris. 3. \Q5. 55. 

 Indian Greenfinch. Edwards, 84. 

 Yellow Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 299. 63. 



Size of F. canaria : beak blackish brown above, 

 paler brown below : irides hazel : over the eyes a 

 yellow streak, and one or two of the same be- 

 neath, with a green one passing through : plumage 

 of the upper parts olive green : quills the same, 

 with whitish edges : under parts of the body, and 

 rump, yellow : tail yellowish green, and forked : 

 legs brown. This species is said to sing most re- 

 markably well, and is a native of the East Indies 

 and the Cape of Good Hope, at which latter place 

 it is extremely abundant. 



