OF BIRDS. 
The Jacarini TaK'agf.r inhabits'Brazil, 
frequenting land newly cultivated j its manner of 
hopping upwards, from branch to branch, full 
alighting on one foot, and then on the other, al¬ 
ternately, is very fmgular ; every leap is accom¬ 
panied with a little note, and at the fame time it 
fpreads its tail. 
There are feveral other Tanagers, but not 
very diflinguifliable from thofe already mentioned, 
in their manners, and character. 
Genus 74. FRINGILLA. 
The bill in birds of this Genus is perfectly conic, (not like 
the Grolbeak’s, rounded from the bate to the point in cad) 
mandible, (lender towards the end, and (harp pointed. 
The CHAFFINCH. 
The bill is of a pale blue, with a black tip ; the inner and 
outer webs of the quill feathers, white on their lower parts, 
forming with other of the wing feathers three white lines, 
acrofs the wing. The outmoll feather on each fide the tail 
marked obliquely with white from the top to the bottom ; the 
next has a white fpot on the inner web, the red arc black. 
Chaffinches inhabit all arts of Europe, and 
feme parts of Afrca : In England they are very 
common. 
