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7^^ Indian Green Finch. 
T H I S 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 ftrong lliort Bill, agreeing in Shape with mod: of the Granavo- 
rious Kind of fmall Birds with us j the upper Part of a dark Brown or Blackifh 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 outermod Webs of fix or feven of the greater or prime 
Qifills are edged with White ; the Tail Feathers are edged with a light Yellow Green j 
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 palles a yellow Line ou 
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 fhaded 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 brownidi Afh-colour. 
Mr. John 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 dight, 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~Fields, London ; I found the Birds to agree in every Thing with Mr. Hawkms's 
Sketch and Account, but having the Life before me, I added fomething to perfedl the 
dight Defign I had, in order to give a more perfedl one to the Public. I was in¬ 
formed at Mr. Blunt's, that thefe Birds were brought from the Ea/i-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 Butterfly here figured is of the Bignefs of Life; the upper Wings are of a 
reddifli 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 longifii 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 Yellowifh, 
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- 
plifii, clouded with Black on one Side, with two fmall oblong Spots of blueilh White 
in the Middle; befides this Mark there is in each of the lower Wings a little round ob- 
feureSpot; the Body, Legs, and Horns, are of a reddilh Brown-colour ; the whole 
under Side is of a dulky Brown-colour; the Spots of the upper Side only faintly calling 
through. This Fly was brought from China by my Friend Captain Ifaac Worth, who 
jprefented me with a Box of Infedts from that Country. 
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