PAINTED FINCH. 
In the mean time, it may be proper to add, 
that the Painted Finch, is the Emberiza Ciris, 
of Linn^us ; the Fringllla Tricolor, of Klein; 
the Chloris Ludoviciana, Papa, of Brisson ; 
the Pope, of BuiFon; and the Painted Bant- 
ing, of most [ate English naturalists. 
"When v/e vq-B.c& that this beautiful bird, 
which the Spaniards call the Fainted Butterfly, 
not only bears, in the brilliance and variety of 
it's plumage, some analogy to the vivid hues of 
that incomparable insecl; but, also, like the 
Butterfly, advances by diilerent stages, or gra- 
dations, to it's state of final perfc6^:ion ; we 
cannot but perceive a fine opening for the in- 
genious and aspiring naturalist, to give this 
charming bird a more exquisitely appropriate 
name than any wdiich it has hitherto received. 
The idea, however, should be less simple than 
that of the Spaniards: and combine the two 
chara6lensticks of similarity; change of ap- 
pearance, and beau til ul va.riety of colouring. 
It is rem.arkable that Linnaeus, v;ho at first, 
in his List of Edwards's Birds, calls the Painted 
Finch Emberiza Cirls, afterwards named it 
lanagra. 
