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9 - 
Melba. 
AJra, 
Alario, 
Leufotis, 
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3 - 
4 - 
5 - 
6 . 
BIRDS. PASSERES. 8^ FnngUIu. 
n ■ft'’’’' 
Blackini ; breaft grcenlfh ; body beneath afliy > 
faffron. jy yflj 
Hybrid between the gold and canary-finch ; ‘’i’ j 
lowtfh-brown, beneath yellow ; tail yello'V t'r 
white. . . ai’j'j 
Inhabits Europe, Afia and Africa; fmgs charinit'S jJj |e^“.y 
very docile ; frequents orchards, and feeds on ^ ^ 
builds frequently in apple or pear trees, and WJ ^ 
eggs With deep -purple Ipots on the upper end. feC ; 
.white tipt with black; frontlet fcarlet, if f 
brown ; cheeks, hind-head, and belly white ; top d*” 
black ; zi’ing-coverl.s black, in the female brown 5 
and breajl clieliiut-browu.. 
f 
Green ; face and tail fed ; belly waved with 
black. i; 
Inhabits C/ihia and fvze of the gold-finch. t 
Bill flcfli-colouv, in the female yellowilh ; chin an 
lores bkicifli ; quillfeathers black, the fecondari^ ^ 
coverts edged with red ; tail even ; legs brownu 
E'smale, crown and neck cinereous ; bafe of tn 
r«rajii yellowifli-grecn V tttjl brown, edged with 
liCf® 
Green ; cheeks and tail red ; primary quill-f^^* 
edged with orange. 
Inhabits Angola ; 6 inches long. Legs yellowilh’ 
h 
Head and breaft black ; body cbefnut, ben*^®^ 
4 lateral tail-feathers with a black line. 
Inhabits- the Cape of Good Hope ; inches long’ 
Bill pale afli ; neck black ; eoings blackifh ; 
whit® 
Above dulky, beneath yellow ; ears with ^ , 
primary quill-feathcrs blue, fecondary 
Back and tail purple. 
Head green ; breaft and tail purple. 
Head, back and wing-coverts purple ; tail blit^’ fgel'' 
Head and lelfer wing-coverts brown ; breaft P® bf®' 
Beneath red ; head, back, tail and wing-co'^® 
the lower ones fcarlet. 
Inhabits China ; very fniall. jpl' 
All the varieties have the white fpot on the ear. 
