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IMPERIAL FINCH. 



and legs, are black; the rest of the bird dirty 

 green : it varies in having a cinereous abdomen, 

 and a red tinged vent ; likewise without the back 

 of the neck and the head being black, and the 

 back tinged with ash-colour. It is a native of the 

 Bahama Islands and Jamaica. It has a very pleas- 

 ing note, which it sings when perched on the tops 

 of trees. 



IMPERIAL FINCH. 

 ( Fringilla imperialis.) 



Fr. Jerrugineo-rosea, vertice subtusque Jlava, remigibus caudaque 



breviore obscuris. 

 Rusty rose-coloured Finch, with the crown and under parts 



yellow, quills and tail short and obscure. 

 Fringilla imperialis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 466. 111. 

 Imperial Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. 169. 100. 



Described by Dr. Latham, from a drawing in 

 the possession of Sir Joseph Banks : cc Size of the 

 Amaduvade Finch : length three inches and a 

 half : beak dusky red : crown, and all the under 

 parts of the body, yellow : the upper parts pale 

 ferruginous rose-colour : quills and tail dusky ; 

 the last short: legs pale dusky red. Inhabits 

 China." 



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