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ifli a(h-co!oiir, each feathsr darker in the naiddle ; round 
the eyes, and on each fide of the throat, white ; the un¬ 
der parts dull orange; the rump, and upper tail-co^erts, 
bright yellow ; greater wing-coverts and quills brown, 
edged with yellow; tail edged with grey ; legs flelh-co- 
lour. The female has the upper parts rufous brown, 
each feather darkeft in the middle ; Tides of the head 
pale rufous; near the bafe of the bill a brown mark, 
which palles towards the hind head ; from the breaft to 
the vent pale rufotis, fpotted with brown ; the reft like 
the male. Tliefe come from Angola, where the male 
bears the name of nigral, or tobaqne ; the female, btngue- 
linha. This is perhaps the vengoline, mentioned by the 
Hon. Daines Barrington, which he fays Tings better than 
any bird that is not European, except the American mock¬ 
ing bird. 
66. Fringilla atra, the dufky linnet : this Tmall but 
elegant fpecies is fltewn in the Plate at fig. 3. Length 
only four inches; bill afti-colour ; general colour of the 
plumage dufky brown, inclining to red ; alh-colour on the 
breaft and rump; all the feathers have the tips of a 
lighter colour ; legs dufky. This is a native of Angola 
and Brafil; and has a fweet Tong. 
67. Fringilla macroura, the long-tailed linnet: length 
feven inches and a half; bill brown ; the upper part of 
the plumage like that of a fky-lark ; the middle of each 
feather very dark; the under parts of the body pale afh- 
coiour; tail long, and cuneiform in fliape; the two mid¬ 
dle feathers narrow, and Tharp at the ends, of a greenifh- 
brown; quills brown, with greenifh margins; legs brown. 
Native of Cayenne. 
68. Fringilla petronia, the ring fparrow : larger than 
the common fparrow ; bill ftrong ; the upper mandible 
brown, the other pale grey, with a brown tip ; the head, 
and upper part of the neck and back, grey fpotted witli 
f rown ; all beneath, grey and white mixed ; tlie fore-part 
of the neck yellow ; round the head, above the eyes, a 
ring of dirty white ; quills and tail duflcy, edged with 
grey. This bird frequents Europe, chiefly Germany, in 
Tome parts of which it is pretty numerous: it is alfo 
found in Italy ; and is migratory, except in the warmer 
climates, where it frequents woods, and builds in the 
holes of trees. It has one brood in a year, and lays four 
or five eggs. At the end of July colledfs into flocks, 
and remains To till fpring. It is a tender bird, often found 
dead in the hollows of trees in hard winters. It lives 
both on feeds and infedls. This fpecies was found in 
Norton Sound, by our late circumnavigators. 
There are two varieties: 1. Above varied with black 
andreddilh; beneath white-afii; wings barred with white; 
tail feathers grey-brown, a. Neck and collar whitifti. 
69. Fringilla ftulta, the foolifh fparrow : fize of the 
houfe-fparrow : rufous grey above, fpotted with ruft-co- 
lour; over the eye a white ftreak, and a yellow fpot on 
the throat; beneath yellowifh ; two bands of white on 
the wings ; and a blackifh tail, edged with rufous. Na¬ 
tive of Italy. 
70. Fringilla Bononienfis, the fpeckled fparrow; of Bo- 
logna : fize of the preceding ; bill yellow ; irides white ; 
head and neck the fame, marked with yellowilh fpots; 
back and rump black, white, and yellowilh, mixed ; un¬ 
der parts yellowifh-white ; quills dufky j tail and legs 
yellowifh. Native of Italy. 
71. Fringilla leucura, the white-tailed fparrow : this 
is yellowilh above, fpotted vvith chefnut, and ftreaked 
with white ; head and under parts yellowifh-white ; tail 
cinereous-white. Found in the neighbourhood of Bo¬ 
logna. 
72. Fringilla brachyura, the fliort-tailed fparrow: 
whole body yellowifh; breaft and belly paleft; bill of a 
deeper yellow. Native alfo of Italy. 
73'. Fringilla Dalmatica, the Dalmatic fparrow : this 
is bigger than the houfe fparrow; bill whitifh; the up¬ 
per parts of the body reddifli ; the under whitifh ; tail 
forked; legs pale yellow. Inhabits Dalmatia. 
74. Fringilla Bengalus, the Bengal finch : fize of the 
fmaller redpole ; bill fiefh-colour; irides hazel; head, 
and upper parts of the body, grey ; the lower part of the 
back and rump, and all the under parts, blue ; on each 
fide of the head is a curved purplifli-red fpot, placed be¬ 
neath the eyes and rather behind them ; the quills are 
brown, edged with grey; the tail pale blue, and wedge- 
fhaped ; legs whitifh. The female is the fame in colour, 
but wants the red fpot beneath the eyes. 
75. Fringilla Jamaica, the Jamaica finch: lengtli five 
inches; bill black; the upper parts of the plumage dull 
blue ; the feathers very left ; the under parts of a paler 
blue, inclining to yellow on the belly ; wing-coverts 
greenilh-blue ; quills and tail the fame; legs black. 
Inhabits Jamaica. The male and female are much alike. 
76. Fringilla cana, tlie grey-headed finch : this is a 
large fpecies; length eight inches; bill three quarters 
of an inch ; the upper mandible bluifli-brown ; the un¬ 
der paler; head and throat grey ; upper part of the neck 
and body yellow-brown; the under parts yellow ; vent 
white ; wings and tail dull brown, ftreaked with while 
lines; legsbluifli. Inhabits Jamaica. 
77. Fringilla Savannarum, the Savanna finch : length 
only four inches ; bill brown ; over the eye a yellow 
ftreak; crown, and upper parts of the body, dull brown, 
mixed with whitifh and fillemot colour; beneath, as far 
as the breaft, pale yellowiih-brovvn ; belly white ; quills 
brown, tipped with white ; tail brown ; legs whitifh. 
Inhabits Jamaica, where Sloane tells us, that “it fits on 
the ground in the plains, and runs thereon after the man¬ 
ner of fky-larks, as low as they can, to avoid being dif. 
covered; and, when raifed, fly not far nor high, but alight 
again very near.” 
78. Fringilla coccinea, the fcarlet finch: length four 
inches and a half ; bill like that of a goldfinch ; general 
colour of the plumage a brilliant deep orange, verging 
to fcarlet; wings and tail dufky ; the outer edges of the 
quills fringed with orange, and the ends of the prime 
ones black; tail even at the end ; legs black. Inhabits 
the Sandwich iflar.ds. 
79. Fringilla punicea, the red-breafted finch : bill 
white; cheeks, throat, fore part of the neck, and breaft, 
of a rich ciimfon ; crown, upper part of the neck, back, 
wings, and tail, black; wing-coverts crofied with two 
lines of white; legs black. Found by our late voyagers 
at Sandy Hook. 
80. Fringilla ferruginea, the ferruginous finch : fize 
of the hedge-fparrow ; bill dufky ; upper parts of the 
plumage, quills, and tail, dark brown, edged with reddifh 
brown; the under parts, from the breaft, light-coloured, 
marked with dark long fpots on the breaft ; about the 
eyes white ; legs brownifli flefli-colour. Inhabits Penn- 
fylvania, and other parts of Nortli America. 
81. Fringilla albicollis, the white-throated fparrow; 
fize of the mountain-fparrow ; bill dufky; irides hazel; 
from the corner of the mouth through the eye a dufky 
ftreak, and above the eye one of an orange-colour ; the 
upper parts of the plumage are reddifh brown ; the 
throat white ; cheeks, and the under parts, cinereous, 
white ; edge of the upper part of the wing pale yellow ; 
legs flefli-colour. Inhabits Pennfylvania. They are feen 
in fmall flocks round New York, in January, and are met 
with in fummer at Newfoundland. Shewn in the Plate, 
at fig. 2. 
82. Fringilla fafeiata, the fafeiated finch : crown, hind 
part of the neck, and back, ferruginous, fpotted witk 
black, the fpots largeft on the back; wings plain ferru¬ 
ginous ; primaries dufky, edged with white ; under parts 
of the body white, marked with ftreaks of black, point¬ 
ing downwards ; tail brown, croffed with numerous dufky 
bars. Inhabits the country about New York. 
83. Fringilla gratninea, the grafs finch : head, upper 
part of the neck, and back, cinereous and black ; cheeks 
brown; lefTer wing-coverts bright bay; the others black, 
edged with white; primaries dulky, with white edges; 
lower 
