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LUNAR FINCH, 

 (Fringilla torquata.) 



Fr. subrubra, uropygio caruleo lunula gulari nigra, remigibus 



nigris, caruleo terminatis, ad apicem macula alba. 

 Reddish Finch, with the rump caerulean; a lunule on the throat 



black; quills black terminated with cserulean, with a white 



spot towards the tip. 

 Fringilla torquata. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 924. — Lath. Ind. Orti' 



1. 465. 105. 

 Lunar Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 320. 95. 



The Lunar Finch has a dusky black beak : the 

 head, neck, and back, are reddish ; the latter 

 with a brown tinge : throat with a narrow black 

 crescent, bounded below with yellow : quills black, 

 with blue ends, and each of them tipped with 

 white : rump pale blue : tail and legs black. Native 

 of the East Indies. 



