SENEGAL LONG-CLAW* 
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the hinder, which is a quarter of an inch longer ; 
the tail is more lengthened. The dimensions of the 
two birds are in other respects the same. 
Upper plumage light brown ; the middle of each 
feather being more or less occupied by black ; wings 
the same ; tail blackish ; the four lateral feathers 
more or less tipt with white* Under plumage bright 
and clear yellow, interrupted by a gorget of deep 
black, commencing beneath the eye, and widening 
to more than half an inch on the breast, the sides 
of which have dusky stripes ; bill and legs pale. 
Total length, inches ; bill from the front, T 6 S ; 
wings, S ; tail from the base, 3^; tarsus, l/g ; 
hind-toe and claw, U/’g ; the claw alone, --/g ; middle 
toe and claw, 1 T 4 5 . 
Here terminates the series of the Finch family, 
which is connected to the plantain -eaters by several 
intermediate genera not yet found in Western 
Africa. 
