AMADUVADE. 
Fringilea Amandava. 
Bengalus Punctulatus. 
Le Bengaee Piquete^. 
Amadavad Bird. 
Amaduvade-Finch. 
Lin. Syst. i. p. 3 1 9 10 . 
Bris. Om. iii. p. 2 0 6. 62. 
Buff. Ois. iv. p. 9 6. 
Edw. Gl. pi. 35 5 . 
Lath. vol. ii. p. 1.311. 
This bird is given the size of life, which is nearly that of the wren. The 
hill is red, and conic as the Finch’s, to which family, and not to the Gros- 
beak, it belongs. The head and throat are of a dull red ; the hind part of 
the neck, the back, wings, and tail, are of a dusky brown; the lower belly 
and thighs are likewise brown, but paler than the back ; the upper coverts 
of the tail are red, the breast and under coverts of the tail a bright yellow. 
Each feather on the side of the neck, the coverts of the wings, the belly, 
and the end of the tail, are punctulated with white points. 
I have had the opportunity of examining many of these birds in this 
Menagery, as well as in the superb collection of the late Earl of Sandwich, 
and have remarked they vary in point of colour. 
T he female is blown, and wants those white points which decorate the 
male , she differs likewise in other respects, her throat being white ; the 
neck, breast, and belly a pale yellow. 
Edwards considers this as the smallest of granivorous birds yet discovered. 
Its note is sweet and short, often repeated ; and he supposes they might, 
with proper care, breed in this country as the Canaries : he has frequently 
observed the cock to drive the hen to nest. 
Mr. Tunstall remarks, that they become more spotted in proportion to 
their age; and that one in particular which seemed powdered with white, 
when first in his possession, had scarce any white spots about it. 
