263 F I N C H ,
21.
V ar . A. Moineau de Cayenne, PI. ml. 224. f. 3.
D escription* A Mere variety of the male of the lafi. Wholly of a black colour:
bill and legs dulky black.
Place* Inhabits Cayenne.
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'BLACK-AND-
ORANGE F.
Moineau de Macao, Buf. oif. iii. p. 48^.— TV. enl. 224« f. 1.
A final! black and orange-coloured bird, Raii Syn. p. 188. 31 ?—Sloan. Jam:.
ii. p.312. jo .J .
D escription. O I Z E of a Linnet: length four inches and a half. Bill pale
brown : general colour of the plumage a full black, except
the wings and tail, the edges of which are deeply margined
with ferruginous: on the belly a few fpots of white '• legs the
colour of the bill.
Place. This is laid to come from Macao, and if not the fame, differs
very little from Sloane’s bird, except the wings and tail being
fringed with orange-colour inftead of ferruginous. Sloane’s bird
fed on ants.
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WHITEBREASTED
F.
Moinean de J-aya, Buf. oif. iii. p. 486.— PI. enl. 224. f. 2.
D escription. C I Z E of the la ft: general colour black, except an irregular
^ bar of white acrofs the breaft: bill and legs as in the
laft.
F I N C H. 269
Le Pinçon de Virginie, Brif. orn. ni. P* 165. 41-
Le Brunet, Buf. oif. iv. p. 138.
Cowpen Bird, Catejb. Car. i. pi. 34.— Arli. Zool.
Lev. Muf
A Little bigger than the Mountain Finch : length fix inches
A three quarters. Bill blackith : the general colour of the
plumage brown ; lighted: on the under parts : tail a trifle forked :
legs brown. .
This is found in the winter-time in Virginia and Carolina, along
with the Red-winged Oriole and P u rp le G rakle . It delights to
feed in the pens among cattle, whence the name.
Fringilla Jamaica, Lin. Syjl. i- p- 323- 33' .497.
Emberiza rem. rearicibufque aigris, &c. Aman. acad. vol. 1. p.
Le Pinçon de la Jamaïque, Brif. orn. ui. p. 166. 4Z.
Le Bonana, Buf. oif iv. p. 139* .
Bonana Bird, Raii Sjin. p. 187. 46.— Slcan. Jam. p. 31*" 47- P \ 2S7- • 3-
Grev Grofbeak, Brovjn. Illuft. pi- 2.6.
Q I Z E of a Sifkin : length five inches. Bill black: the upper
^ parts of the plumage dull blue; the feathers very foft: the
under parts of a paler blue, inclining to yellow on the belly :
wing coverts greenilh blue: quills and tail the ame. egs
black. , , • npr _
Inhabits Jamaica, from whence I have received a pair. 1 he
male and female are much alike.
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COWPEN F.
D e s c r i p t io n .
Place.
25.
BONANA F.
D e s c r i p t io n*^