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SENEGAL FINCH. 

 (Fringilla senegala.) 



Vr. jusco-ferruginea, nertice subtusque rufa, rostro rabro nigro 

 striata. 



Brown ferruginous Finch, with the crown and under parts ru- 

 fous ; beak red, striated with black. 



Fringilla senegali. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 320. 18. — Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 909. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 46 1. 93. 



Senegalis ruber. Briss. 3. 208. 63. t. 10. f. 2. 



Le senegali rouge. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 99*— Buff. Pi. Enl. 

 157./. 1. 



Senegal Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 312. 83. 



There is great probability that this species may- 

 be only a variety of the preceding, as some of the 

 varieties, described by BufFon and other writers, 

 approach so close to it as to make the line of dis- 

 tinction almost imperceptible : its general appear- 

 ance is as under : the beak reddish, margined with 

 brown, with a streak of the latter colour beneath 

 the under mandible, and a slight one on the ridge 

 of the upper : the top of the head, throat, fore- 

 part and sides of the neck, breast, tipper part of 

 the belly, sides, rump, and upper tail-coverts, 

 reddish : lower parts of the belly, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts, brownish green : the rest of the 

 body brown : tail black. 



This species is a native of Senegal : it feeds on 

 millet 5 which has suggested to the natives a mode 

 of catching it very successfully, without injury 

 to the bird : when they wish to catch any, they 



