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BLACK-HEADED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla melanocephala.) 



Fr. ferrugineo-fusca, capite jugulo remigibusque nigru, cerrice ab- 



domineque albis, rostro rubro. 

 Ferruginous-brown Finch, with the head, jugulum, and quills 



black; neck and abdomen white; beak red. 

 Fringilla melanocephala. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 911. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 448. 52. 

 Black-headed Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 278. 45. 



Described on the authority of Dr. Latham, 

 who informs us it is a native of China, and that 

 it is in length four inches : the beak red : back, 

 wings, and tail, ferruginous brown : head and 

 fore-parts of the neck black : sides of the neck, 

 and sides under the wings, a little streaked with 

 black: hind part of the neck and belly white: 

 quills black : legs lead-coloured. 



