PAINTE-D FINCH, 
Ikept one of tkem alive two or three years» 
The Cock has a soft note, with little va- 
riety. The Cocks and Hens are some years 
-before they arrive at their perfe6l colouring: 
they being, for a year or two, as plain co- 
JJoured as a Hen Sparrow, and not distinguish- 
able from each otiier. 
" The Right Honourable Lady Anson 
obliged me with the sight of a cage of these 
birds, having a great variety of changes of co- 
lour ; which, -in shape, a61:ion, and note, ap- 
geared all to be the same. They were brought 
l"rom La Vera Cruz, in New Spain, by the 
Honourable Admiral Knowles. 
Dr. Monro has confirmed to me the trutli 
of these birds changing from blue;to theif per- 
fe£l colour. 
Mr. Catesby has figured these two birds, 
as different species, distinct from each other ; 
iTiot having then discovered their identity. See 
-his Painted Finch, and his Bhie Linnet, in the 
first volume of his Natural Histoiy of Caro- 
lina, &c. Albin 'has also figured this bird, 
in his History ©f Birds, but is evidently mis^ 
taken 
