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GREEN-RUMPED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla multicolor.) 



Fr. nigra subtus jlavescens, dorso injimo jemoribusque viridibus, 

 tectricibus alarum macula remigiumque secundarium fascia 

 alba. 



Black Finch, beneath yellowish, with the lower part of the back 

 and the thighs green, wing-coverts with & spot, and secondary 

 quills with a fascia, white. 



Fringilla Multicolor. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 924. — 'Lath. Ind. Orn, 

 1. 465. 106. 



Green-rumped Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 320. 96. 



Said by Mr. Pennant to inhabit Ceylon : it has 

 the beak blueish : head, hind part of the neck, 

 upper part of the back, and tail, black : cheeks, 

 chin, and rest of the under parts, light yellow : 

 wings black; coverts with a white spot: seconda- 

 ries tipped with white : lower part of the back 

 and thighs green : vent yellow : legs grey. 



