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FRINGILLIDiE. 



Brick-red Finch with the head, space round the eyes^ capistrum, 

 nape, sides of the neck and body beneath black ; the region 

 of the ears, a half collar on the nape, the flanks, and lesser 

 wing-coverts white. 



Inhabits Senegal. Lengtli about four inches and 

 a half: the region of the ears is white : on the nape 

 is a half collar of the same colour : the flanks and the 

 lesser wing-coverts are also the same, but rather more 

 pure : the head, the region of the eyes, the space 

 round the beak, the nape, the sides of the neck, and 

 all the under parts, from the base of the beak to the 

 under tail-coverts and of the wings, are deep un- 

 spotted black : the beak, the scapulars, and several of 

 the wing-coverts are brick-red : the rump is ashy : 

 the wings and the tail are dusky-brown ; but the 

 outer feathers of the latter is in part whitish : the 

 tail is a little forked : the beak is white and the legs 

 brown : the white on the ears and the nape is but 

 slightly indicated in the female : the head and upper 

 parts of the body are adorned with a multitude of 

 blackish white and reddish spots, and the wings are 

 greatly marbled : the outer tail-feather is of an isa- 

 bella-colour, and all the under-parts are white. 



Sp. 6. Fr? ornata. 



Fr? suhcristata, vertice, loris, guld^ pectore, lineaque ventralis ni- 

 gris; malis albis; lateribus pectoris hypochondriisque rufo- 

 Jlavis s crisso tectricibusque inferioribus caudce castaneo-rufis. 



Slightly-crested Thistle-finch with the crown, lores, throat, 

 breast, and ventral line black j cheeks white ; the sides of the 

 breast and the flanks rufous-yellow ; the vent and under tail- 

 coverts chesnut-red. 



Fringilla ornata. Pr. Max. Temm. PI. Col. 208. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length four inches : both sexes 



