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BLUE-HEADED FINCH* 

 (Fringilla cyanomelas.) 



Fr. ccerulea, linea Jrontali gula lunulaque dorsali nigris, renti- 



gibus Juscis, cauda nigricante. 

 Blue Finch, with a line on the forehead, throat and lunule on 



the back black; quills brown ; tail dusky. 

 Fringilla cyanomelas. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 924. — Lath. Ind. 



Om. 1. 464. 102. 

 Demi-fin noir et bleu. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 327. 

 Blue-headed Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 3ig. Q2. 



Beak brown : head and neck blue : between 

 the eyes a narrow black line : chin and throat 

 black, with a lunulated spot of that colour on 

 the upper part of the back : wing-coverts, lower 

 part of the back and rump, breast, belly, and vent, 

 blue : quills blackish brown, with blueish-green 

 edges : tail dusky black : legs brown. 



