480 



FRIZZLED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla crispa.) 



Fr. olivacea svbtus hiiea, capite nigro, pennis plurimis recurvatis. 

 Olive Finch, beneath luteous, head black, with many of the 



feathers recurved. 

 Fringilla crispa. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 324. 3Q*~Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 927.— Bris. Jpp. 86.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 44Q. 56. 

 Le Pingon frize. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 148. t. J.f. 2. 

 Black and yellow Frizzled Sparrow. Edwards. 2/ '1. f. 1. 

 Frizzled Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 280. 49. 



This most singular bird is the size of F. 

 Ccelebs ; and has all the feathers of the body 

 frizzled, like some of the varieties of poultry : 

 the beak is white : head and neck black ; with 

 sometimes a white streak reaching from the fore- 

 head to the crown, and a white patch beneath the 

 eye : upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, 

 bright olive ; under parts yellow : legs brown. 

 Supposed to inhabit Africa. 



