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SURINAM FINCH. 

 (Fringilla Surinama.) 



Fr. grisea, remigibus utrinque albis, rectricibus lateralibus intus 

 albis. 



Grey Finch, with the quills on both sides white, the lateral 



tail-feathers white within. 

 Fringilla Surinama. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 317. 2. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 900. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 447. 47- 

 Surinam Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 276. 41. 



Beak yellow: general colour of the plumage 

 grey ; belly lightest : quills black ; the primaries 

 white near the base, the secondaries white at the 

 base and tips : tail blackish, the first and second 

 feathers with a white spot on the inside, and the 

 third, fourth, and sixth, tipped with that colour ; 

 inhabits Surinam : has but a trifling note. 



