COLLARED FINCH. 
Le Pin$on a Collier des Indes. Bris. Orn. App. s 5 . 7 3. 
Le Pinion a double Collier. Buf. Ois. iv. p. H9. 
Collared Finch. Edw.pl.2i2. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 
This bird is represented on the Plate as large as life, and is called by the 
Portugueze Colheerinho. It is a native of India, and takes the name of 
Collared Finch from having two half collars, the one before, the other 
behind. 
The bill is very strong and black; the head is also black, except a space 
round the bill, eyes, and throat, which is white, and passes round the 
neck, forming a collar; on the lower part of the neck before, is a black 
bar, which moie than half encompasses the neck; the upper parts and tail 
ai e of a daik cinereous brown, palest on the rump; the wing coverts are 
black, margined with a glossy rufous colour, the secondaries the same ; the 
gi eater quills black; the breast, belly, thighs, and coverts under the tail, 
white, shaded with faint orange colour ; the legs dusky brown. 
