270 F I N C H .
. 26.
GREYHEADED
F.
D escription.
Place.
27.
SAVANNA F.
D escription.
Place.
28.
SCARLET F.
D escription.
Le Serin de la Jamaique, B rif or«. iii. p. 189. 53.
Serino affinis a dnereo, luteo & fufco varius, Raii Syn. p. 188. Jo,— Sloax.
Jam. ii. p. 311. 50.
JT E N G T H eight inches. Bill three quarters of an inch;
the upper mandible blueifh brown; the under paler : the
head and throat grey : the upper part of the neck, and body,
yellow brown : the under parts yellow : vent white : wings and
tail dull brown, ftreaked with white lines : legs blueifh claws
brown, fhort, and crooked.
This fpecies inhabits ‘Jamaica.
Le Moineau de la Jamaique, Brif. om. iii. p. 99. N° 13.
Savanna Bird, Sloan. Jam. p. 306. pi. 259. f. 5.— Raii Syn. p. 188. Na 49.
J ^ E N G T H four inches. Bill thick, fhort, and pointed;
colour brown : over the eye a yellow ftreak : crown, and upper
parts of the body, dull brown, mixed with whitifh and fillemot colour
; beneath, as far as the bread;, pale yellowifh brown : belly
white : quills brown, tipped with white : tail brown : legs
whitifh.
Inhabits Jamaica-, where Sloane tells us, that “ it fits on the
“ ground in the plains, and runs thereon after the manner of
“ Sky-larks, as low as they can, to avoid being difcovered ; and
“ when raifed, fly not far nor high, but light again very near.”
Lev. Muf.
I E N G T H four inches and a half. Bill like that of a Goldfinch,
but longer, and very lharp at the point ; colour pale
brown :
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brown: general colour of the plumage a brilliant deep orange,
verging to fcarlet,: wings and tail dufky ; the outer edges of the
quills fringed with orange, and the ends of the prime ones black :
the tail even at the end : legs black.
Inhabits Sandwich IJlands. Place.
Loxia erythrina, N. C. Petr. xiv. p. 587. t. 23, f. 1. Male, and Female.
( Anti. P . S. Pallas.)
Lev. Muf.
29-
CRIMSON-
HEAD ED F.
O I Z E rQf a Greenfinch, but the head fmaller: length near five D e s c r i p t io n .
inches : weight five drachms. Bill brownifh horn-colour :
between that and the eyes cinereous grey: head, neck, and
throat, red : lower part of the neck whitifh : the nape and back
cinereous, with a reddifh ca ll: wing coverts brown, edged with,
reddifh : quills brown, margined with luteous : the under parts
white, tinged wkh-red on the breaft and fides : tail rather forked';
brown fhafts, and margins luteous: legs the colour of the
bill.
The female is wholly'of a yellowifh afh-colour on the- upper F emale.
parts, marked on the crown with yellowifh fpots: fides of the head
almoft white: chin white: on the neck a few obfcure brown
markings: tail c.ulky brown, margined with grey.
This inhabits the thick woods about the Volga and Samara, Place.
where it is called the Red Sparrow; is a tame foolifh bird.
The female makes a nefl of hay between the branches of trees.
Is found in ftnall numbers in winter among the flocks of Snowflakes,
and feeds on the feeds of plants. It is alfo met with in
Siliria, about the river fomfi.
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