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CEYLON FINCH. 

 (Fringilla zeylonica.) 



Fr. Jlava, dorso virescente, capite nigro, corpore subtus aibo 

 nigricante vario, remigibus rectricibusque nigricantibus. 



Yellow Finch, with the back greenish ; head black ; body beneath 

 white varied with dusky; quills and tail-feathers dusky. 



Fringilla zeylonica. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 906. — Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 1. 463. 98. 



Ceylon Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 317. 88. 



Tins small species has the beak and head 

 black : the whole body yellow, with a green tinge 

 on the back : quills and tail dusky, their outer 

 edges yellow: under parts of the body dirty white: 

 the supposed female has the beak the same as 

 above ; the head tawny ; back green ; breast 

 and belly yellowish white ; and the wings and tail 

 dusky. Inhabits China. 



