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Tide Indian Green Finch. 
HIS Bird is here figured of its full natural Bignefs ; it appears a little like a 
^ Canary Bird, but I think it is fomething larger, 
it hath a pretty thick flrong fhort Bill, agreeing in Shape with moft of the Granavo- 
rious Kind of fmall Birds with us ; the upper Part of a dark Brown or Blaekifh Co- 
lour ; the nether of a lighter Brown ; the Eyes are of a Hafel-colour the Top of 
the Head, upper Side of the Neck, Back, upper Side of the Wings, and Tail, are of 
a dirty Green-colour j the outermoft Webs of fix or feven of the greater or prime 
Quills are edged with White 5 the Tail Feathers are edged with a light Yellow Green ; 
from the Bafis of the Bill on each Side there pafies through the Eyes a Bar or Line of 
dirty Green; above the Eyes, from the Bafis of the Bill, there pafifes a yellow Line on 
each Side in the Form of Eyebrows; from the Angles of the Mouth on each Side there 
pafies a black Line of half an Inch long ; the whole under Side, from the Bill to the 
covert Feathers beneath the Tail, is of a Yellow Colour, a little fliaded with Green on 
the Sides of the Bread: and Belly ; and on the Sides of the Neck the Yellow and Green 
intermix and lofe themfelves in each other ; the Legs, Feet, and Claws, agree in 
Shape with others of this Kind, all of a brownifii Afh-colour. 
Mr. yohn Hawkins gave me a Sketch of this Bird, which he drew in the Ifland of 
Madeira (whither it was brought from fome other Country) ; the Name he has noted 
on it is Bengalas, which I fuppofe it takes from its Country ; he fays it fings finer 
than a Canary Bird. As this Drawing was but flight, I did not care to make Ufe of 
it, not having then feen the Bird myfelf ; but fince I received it I have feen two of 
thefe Birds, and heard them fing, at the Houfe of Mr, Blunt, Merchant, in Good-> 
man" s~Fi elds, London ; I found the Birds to agree in every Thing with Mr. Hawkins" % 
Sketch and Account, but having the Life before me, I added fomething to perfect the 
flight Defign 1 had, in order to give a more perfedl one to the Public, I was in- 
formed at Mr. Blunt' that thefe Birds were brought from the Eaft-Indies. Dn Henry 
Plumptree, Prefident of the Royal College of Phyficians, faw thefe Birds at Mr. Blunt's, 
and was fo good to gain me Admittance to make my Obfervations on them. 
The Butt erf y here figured is of the Bignefs of Life; the upper Wings are of a 
reddifh Orange-colour ; the under Wings a little more inclining to Brown ; both up- 
per and under Wings bordered with a dark Brown, and Streaks of Black ; the upper 
Wings have longifh dark blue Marks along their outer Edges, and a large and fmall 
round Spot in each Wing, the outer Circle of each Black, the next within Yellowifli, 
the next Blue, with a light blue or white Spot in the Middle ; the lower Wings have 
each a large round Spot, the outer Part Black, the next Yellow, the inner Part Pur- 
plifh, clouded with Black on one Side, with two fmall oblong Spots of blueifh White 
in the Middle ; befides this Mark there is in each of the lower Wings a little round ob- 
feure Spot ; the Body, Legs, and Horns, are of a reddifh Brown-colour ; the whole 
under Side is of a dufley Brown-colour ; the Spots of the upper Side only faintly cafting 
through. This Fly was brought from China by my Friend Captain Ifaac Worth, who 
jfrefented me with a Box of Infedls from that Country. 
The 
