LAZULI FINCH. 
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* ttd a g these advantages, been often misunderstood; 
to ^ U , 10rs > without consulting the boundaries assigned 
s Peci(»- themselves, have recorded a copious list of 
W„ ' s * "dulst in nature its limits are much restricted, 
gist * n0t > therefore, surprised, that so acute a zoolo- 
pat'tjV i ^ s h° u ld have arranged his bird in that genus, 
than in ' ll ^ as h is more closely allied to Emberiza 
hiiii|,- tlail y °t those, not only of Wilson, but even of 
a ®d Latham. 
>ncL Mrd > ": lii , ch we have no hesitation in pro- 
be „]’ a S one of the most beautiful of its tribe, would 
aCc oril' hy Vieillot in his genus Passerina ; but, 
frin, 1 ,% r to my classification, it belongs to the genus 
i • ’ a,| h to that American sub-genus lately esta- 
n m iny “ Observations on the Nomenclature of 
a s Pe ( 'V S under the name of Spiza. As 
’ it is more intimately allied to Fringilla ciris 
'iitfe,. na, jHlu cuanea ,* which I stated in that paper to 
grem ( , S ° tu uch from their congeners, particularly in the 
Per( la 1 curvature of the upper mandible, as to deserve, 
* e lves • 1 , se P a ration into a small sub-genus by them- 
®pi*. ' this would unite Fringilla to Tanaqra, as 
li MM 
other hand, shews its transition to 
The 
Sir- 
. lazuli finch is five inches and three quarters 
hill is formed like that of the Indigo bird, 
the tii? i . c H rmea > Wilson,) but is emarginated near 
a fe being horn colour, as well as the feet ; the irides 
v er f Ji ,' k brown ; the whole head and neck are brilliant 
*<, ISe hl ue > the back is brownish black, intermixed 
{*Ure v f ®.> a ! l< l a little ferruginous brown; the rump is 
•« pj^'Uigrise blue ; the superior portion of the breast 
belly terrugiuous ; the lower part of the breast, the 
''•iriV. Hl|tl inferior tail-coverts, are white ; the smaller 
at ba s C ° Ver ts are hlue; the middling-coverts are blackish 
ba ll( j e > and broadly tipped with white, forming a wide 
acp oss the wing; the greater wing-coverts are 
« j t 
^babl y ■ ^ on to Fringilla cyanep . , considered as an Emberiza , 
y Educed Say to place it under that genus. 
