GENERIC CHARACTERS. 
Bill, subconical, subelongated; the upper mandible, at the base, somewhat dilated; near the 
apex, compressed, slightly emarginated, the apex slightly curved downwards; the cutting edge 
bent downwards. Culmen, subcarinated; gradually from the base to the apex, arched downwards. 
Nostrils, ovate. Gape, slightly curved downwards. 
Wings, moderate, rounded; the first primary spurious ; the third, fourth and fifth, subequal. 
Tarsus, short; acrotarsus, scutellated; paratarsus, entire. Toes, moderate; the middle one 
equal to the tarsus; hinder one longer; the external one slightly exceeding the internal. Claws, 
shortish, moderately curved and grooved at the sides. 
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Grey-backed Finch. 
JEthiops canicapillus, Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1841, p. 30. 
Nigrita „ „ ibid, 1842, p. 145. 
This remarkable form was originally described by Mr. Strickland, in the “Proceedings” above 
referred to, under the title of mtliiops. Finding that generic name had been previously used for a 
genus of monkies, I have been subsequently requested by Mr Strickland to substitute for it the 
generic title of Nigrita. 
Habitat, Clarence, Fernando Po. 
The flowers are those of a wild medicinal plant (Cassia fistula) from Dukhun, called Bhahaya, 
copied from one of Col. Sykes’ drawings, to which the following note is appended, “ the pulp of 
the Bhahaya, is not used by the Kombees as a cathartic.” 
The forehead, cheeks, the whole under surface, tail and wings, black; the greater and lesser 
wing coverts black, each feather having a white spot at the tip; the rump is white ; the remaining 
portions of the plumage are grey ; bill, black; legs and feet, dark brown ; irides, red hazel. 
Total length, five inches. 
