491 



CARTHAGENA finch. 

 ( Fringilla carthaginiensis. ) 



Fr. tota cinerea fusco Jlavoque maculata, rostro pedibusque pallide 

 fuscis. 



Finch entirely cinereous, spotted with brown and yellow ; beak 



and feet pale fuscous. 

 Fringilla carthaginiensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 907. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. l. 465. 108. 

 Carthagena Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. 169. 99. 



Larger than the Canary Finch : its beak pale 

 brown : prevailing colour of the plumage ash- 

 colour, with brown and yellow spots : legs brown- 

 ish. Found in the woods of Carthagena : said 

 to live on seeds, and to sing similar to the Chaf- 

 finch. 



v. ix, p. 11. 



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