FRIZZLED FINCH. 
a hood of that colour ; the upper part of the 
foody, including the quills of the tail and of 
the wings, brown olive; the under part of the 
body is yellow; and the legs are deep brown. 
" As this bird came from Portugal, it is 
presumed that it was sent from the principal 
settlements of that nation; viz. the kingdom 
' of Angola in Africa, or from Brasil. 
<c It is nearly of the size of the Common 
Chaffinch. 
" Total length, five inches and a half; 
the bill is five or six lines: the tail is com- 
oosed of twelve equal quills, and extends 
:welve or thirteen lines beyond the wings." 
Brisson describes it as " robed in frizzled 
earners-; dull olive above, yellowish below; 
he head and. neck, black-; the tail-quills, of a 
aint olive ; the bill, white.'" 
It is easy to perceive^ that all this might be 
written from the figure and description origi- 
ally published by Edwards,, without any 
ther knowledge of the bird. 
