16 THE NATURAL HISTORY 

Tun FRIZZLED SPARROW. 
The plumage is of an olive colour. The under part of 
the body yellowifh, its head 1s black and many of its fet 
thers frizaled, . 
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‘It is fuppofed to inhabit Angola, or Brazil. 
There are many other fpecies of the Genus 
Fringilla, but thofe mentioned are the moft res 
~-markable for their plumage, and their manners. 
Genus 75. MUSCICAPA. 
"The bill of the Fly-Catcher Genus is flatted at the bafe, 
: ~ almoft triangular, notched at the end of the upper mate 
‘dible, which bends towards ~ Paint; and befet. wil 
briftles. 
- The noftrils roundith. 

This is a Genus related a little to carnivorow 
birds, apparently more innocent, and perhaps 
quite as ufeful. They are in fact birds of prey) 
though they abftain from flefh, and are not in- 
jurious to fruit, or grain, lividg kes flies, and 
gnats, and other inl ) 
Sone. 


