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of the upper wing-coverts, breaft, and Tides, have a fpot 
of white at the tip; the quills are brown; tail black; 
legs yellowith-white. The female ditfers in having a 
mixture of white on the throat and fore part of tiie 
neck; and the belly of a pale yellow colour; but in 
other things refembles the male. This pretty little bird 
inhabits Java, Malacca, and other parts of Ada. See 
the Plate, fig. 4. 
There is a fmaller variety of this bird, which inhabits 
.Bengal: the bill is reddifh ; general colour of the plum¬ 
age brown, mixed with a little white on the bread; tail 
diifky black; legs pale yellow. 
15. Fringilla granatina, the Brafilian finch : this beau¬ 
tiful bird is near five inches in length ; bill like red coral; 
irides dark ; eyelids fcarlet; Tides of the head, round the 
eye, bloflbm coloured violet; bafe of the bill above 
blue; throat, lower part of the belly, and thighs, green- 
jfh-black; the reft of the head and body chefnut : the 
back and Tcapulars incline to brown; the rump blue; 
the quills are brown ; tail black; legs pale grey. Thefe 
often differ in colour: fome have a fpot of brown be¬ 
tween the bill and eye; and the hinder parts of the body, 
both above and beneath, violet; others are of the fame 
colour on the lower belly and thighs as on the upper 
parts. In Tome parts the tail is reddifti. The female has 
the red bill ; a little purple under the eyes; the top of 
the head fulvous; the back grey-brown; throat and un¬ 
der parts pale fulvous; the lower part of the belly and 
vent whitifh ; the reft as in the male, but lefs bright. 
This curious bird inhabits Brafil, has an agreeable fong, 
and is frequently kept in cages by all the Europeans, be¬ 
ing a very lively bird. 
16. Fringilla Zeylonica, the Ceylon finch : this is very 
fmall ; bill and head black ; the whole body yellow, in¬ 
clining to green on th.e back ; the under parts white and 
duftcy; quills and tail dufky ; the outer edges yellow. 
Inhabits China, and the ifland of Ceylon. There is a va¬ 
riety, with the bill black ; he~ad tawny ; back green ; 
bread: and belly yellowifli-white ; wings and tail duftcy. 
Perhaps only of a different fex, as both inhabit the fame 
regions. 
17. Fringilla fufcicollis, the brown.throated finch: 
bill red ; crown of the head green ; from the eyes a line 
of white, paffing backwards; throat pale brown; be¬ 
neath a patch of alh-colour; then a fpot of pale red ; 
the back ferruginous ; rump and vent green ; wings 
dufky; on the lower part of the quills a yellow fpot; 
tail half yellow, half black; legs yellow. Native of 
China. 
18. Fringilla ignita, tlie fire finch : fize of the fmaller 
redpole: bill dufky; general colour of the plumage 
gloify brownifh red; vent rather darker; quills dufky; 
tail the fame ; legs flefh-colour. The female is of a pale 
reddifh-brown ; foreltead and between the eyes crimfon ; 
tail reddifh, with -the end duflcy. Inhabits Gambia, in 
Africa. 
19. Fringilla triftis, the American goldfinch: fize of 
the chaffich ; bill white; irides hazel; fore part of the 
head black; the reft of the body bright ftiining yellow; 
thighs and tail-coverts yellowifli-white ; the wing-coverts 
black, crofTed vvith a band of white ; quills black ; the 
edges and tips of the leffer ones white ; tail black ; legs 
white. The female wants the black on the head ; the 
upper parts are olive green ; throat, breaft, and rump, 
pale yellow : belly and vent white; wings and tail like 
the male, but lefs bright. The young bird is at firft like 
the female in all things, except in having the black fore¬ 
head. Seethe Plate, fig. i. Thefe inhabit North Ame¬ 
rica, particularly about New York, where they are called 
York yellows. They are fummer birds, and feed on th-iftles 
like our goldfinch. The fame beautiful fpecies is found 
at Surinam and Guiana, in the favannas. It is faid they 
lofe their fine yellow in the winter, and conftantly refume 
ft again in the fpring, with new luftre. 
20. Fringilla zena, the Bahama finch; length fix 
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inches and a quarter; bill lead-coloiir ; irides pale ; the 
head, fore part of the neck, back, and fcapulars, black; 
on each fide of the head two (freaks of white; under the 
chin a large yellow (pot ; the hind part of the neck, 
rump, and upper tail-coverts, dull red ; breaft orange-’ 
coloured; belly, thighs, and vent, white; wings brown; 
on the coverts a band of white; tail brown ; legs lead, 
colour. In the female die colours are lefs vivid ; the 
head and neck afn-colour ; the under parts of the body 
are paler than the upper, and a tinge of afli-colour runs 
through the whole of the plumage. Natives of the Ba¬ 
hama illands, Jamaica, and other parts of the Weft Indies 
and South America. 
21. Fringilla lepida, the lepid finch : lefs by one-half 
than the canary bird ; the general colour is greenilh- 
brown ; bill and eyes black ; above the eyes a fulvous 
(tripe, and a lelfer one of the fame beneath them ; the 
chin fulvous; bread black; legs grey. Inhabits the 
woods about Hava^inah, in the ifland of Cirba, and is 
eafily tamed : it is very frequently Tinging, but in fo weak 
a voice as fcarcely to be heard, except almoft clofe to it. 
22. Fringilla Carthaginienfis, the Carthagenian finch : 
a little larger than the canary-bird ; bill pale brown ; 
general colour of the plumage cinereous, fpotted with 
brown and yellow ; legs brown. Found in the woods of 
C.irthagena, in South America, and has a note not unlike 
that of a chaffinch. Feeds on feeds. 
23. Fringilla .dithiops, the negro finch : colour deep 
black ; irides rufous. It inhabits the woods of Soutli 
America; feeds on fruits and feeds, and is eafily tamed. 
It (ings with the feathers of the head eredfed. 
24. Fringilla autumnalis, the autumnal finch : of a 
greenifli-colour ; the top of the head ferruginous ; vent 
teftaceous; and the tail even at the end. Inhabits Su¬ 
rinam. 
25. Fringilla citrinella, the citril finch : rather larger 
than the canary-bird ; bill brown; plumage on the upper 
parts yellowifli-green fpotted with brown; the underand 
rurhp greenilh-yellow ; the breaft of the male much in¬ 
clined to yellow; lelfer wing-coverts greenifh, the greater 
dufky edged witli green ; quills much the fame; as are 
the feathers of the tail; legs flelh colour. This fpecies 
is common in the fouth of France, and about Rome; 
found allb in Greece, Turkey, and other neighbouring 
parts. It is remarkable for its fong, which is faid to be 
as fine as that of the canary-bird, to which it feems to 
have great affinity. 
26. Fringilla ferina, the Terin finch : fize of the canary; 
the upper mandible grey-brown, the under whitifh ; the 
plumage on the upper part of the body brown, mixed 
with yellowilh-green ; beneath of a greenifh-yellow, 
marked on the Tides with longitudinal fpots of brown; 
on the wings a_greenifh band ; the quills and tail brown, 
margined with greem(h-grey; legs brown. Inhabits 
Italy, Auftria, Stiria, and is not uncommon in the fouth 
of France. The Italians highly value this bird, for its 
melodious fong : whence fome have derived the original 
of ferenadc, to found foft and pleafant mufic. This bird 
is (hewn at fig. 6. Scbpoli obferves that it is gregarious 
in fpring, and frequents orchards; is fond of cabbage and 
hemp-feed; frequently takes hidden flights upwards, 
and, after fluttering in the air for a little while, and war¬ 
bling at the fame time, alights with expanded wings 
nearly on the fame fpot from whence it rofe. 
27. Fringilla Senegala, the Senegal finch : very little 
bigger than a wren : bill reddifh, edged all round with 
brown ; and beneath the under mandible a line of brown 
quite to the tip ; the fame alfo is feen on the ridge of the 
upper mandible; the upper part of the head, throat, fore 
part and Tides of the neck, breaft, and upper part of the 
belly. Tides, rump, and upper tail-coverts, are of a vina- 
ceous red-colour; the lower part pf the belly, thighs, 
and under tail-coverts, greeni(h-brown; the hind part of 
the head and neck, the back, fcapulars, and wing-cbyerts, 
are brown; tail black; legs grey. There is one brought 
from 
