FRINGILLIDJS. 



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Sp. 1. Sy. cristatus. 



Sy. 7iiger crista rubra. 



Black Sycobius with a red crest. 



Inhabits Africa. Length six inches. 



STIRPS IV.-FRINGfLLINA, Vigors. 

 GENUS CLVIL— FRINGILLA Auctorum. FINCH. 



Rostrum basi capite angus- 

 tius, breve, conico-rectum ; 

 mandibulce apicibus acu- 

 minatis. 



Beak narrower than the head 

 at the base, short, conic- 

 convex ; the mandibles with 

 their tips acute. 



The birds of this genus are apparently confined to 

 the old v^orld, and have the beak less arcuated than 

 the Sparrows, and stronger and larger than the Lin- 

 nets : they are lively, and their song is more varied 

 than that of the former birds. I have refrained from 

 introducing the various new Finches described in the 

 recent edition of Dr. Latham's Synopsis, as it is im- 

 possible to insert them correctly. 



Sp. 1. Fr. Coelebs. Steph, v. ix. p. 442. pi. 65./ l.—Britain 

 and Europe. 



Sp. 2. Fr. montifringilla. Steph. v. ix. p. 444!. pi. 65.fi 2. — Bri- 

 tain and Europe. 



Sp. 3. Fr. nivalis. Steph. v. ix. p. 492. — Wils. Amer, Orn, v. 1. 

 pi. xxi.Jl 2 ? — Europe and Nortli America. 



Sp. 4. Fr. Petronica. Steph. v. ix. p. 434. — Europe. 



Sp. 5. Fringilla otoleucus. Temm. PL Col. 269, f. 2, 3. 



Fr. miniaceaj capite, regione oculari, capistro, nucha, lateribus 

 colli, corporeque infra nigris ; regione aurium semitorque nu- 

 chali hypochondriis tectricibusque alarum minoribus albis. 



