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NITI£ FINCH* 

 (Fringilla nitida.) 



Fr. cinerascens subtus albida, remigibus Jerrugineo-Jlavescentibus, 



superciliis nigris. 

 Cinerascent Finch, beneath white; quills ferruginous yellow; 



supercilia black. 

 Fringilla nitida. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. xlviii. 3. 

 Nitid Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 21 i. 14. 



Size of the Common Sparrow : beak dull red : 

 on the eyes a band of black passing down on the 

 ears as a broad patch : upper part of the plumage 

 pale cinereous : quills dull ferrugineous yellow : 

 sides of the body inclining to yellow : under parts 

 white : legs yellow. Native of New Holland. 



