THE 
BLUE-BELLIED FINCH. 
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Generic Character. 
Bill perfectly conic, flender towards the end, and 
very Iharp-pointed. 
Pennant. 
Specific Character , &c. 
PALE-BROWN FINCH, blue beneath, with 
abdomen fometimes rofe-coloured, and pur- 
plifh-red fpot under each eye. 
BLUE-BELLIED FINCH. 
Ediv.pl. 131. (female.) 
LE BENGALI. 
PI. enl. 115. f. 1. (male.) 
BLUE-BELLIED FINCH. 
Lath. Syn. 2. p. 310. 
The elegant bird here figured is a native of feveral 
of the interior parts of India and Africa. It is of a 
lively difpofition, but is not efteemed as a finging 
bird. The male is diftinguifhed from the female by 
a rich purplifh-red fpot fituated beneath each eye. 
