p i . x r v n r . F I N C H.
C I Z E of the Waxbill, or lefs. The bill black : face, to behind
the eye, and the throat, deep fcarlet : the rump, and tail, the
fame : reft of the body parrot green, lighted beneath : the wings,
when folded, reach the bafe of the tail : the outer edge of the
quills is green j the inner cinereous brown : the tail cuneiform ;
the two middle feathers deep fcarlet, with the fhafts brown ; the
other five, on each fide, have only the outer web fcarlet, the inner
brown.
This is a moft beautiful fpecies, and was Ihot by Dr. J . R.
Forfier, at New Caledonia.
Red-headed Finch, Brown's lllujl. pi. 28.
T E N G T H near five inches. Bill black: head, and neck,
rich fcarlet : fpace round the eyes black : back, bread, and
belly, olive : wings black, with two bars of white on the coverts.
tail black : legs reddilh grey.
Inhabits the ifland of Mauritius.
Fringillalulenfis, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 318. ^.— Faun. Sate. 134..— Muller, N° 257.
Le Chardonneret de Suède, Brif. orn. iii. p. 63. 2.
------ à quatre Raies, Buf. oif. iv. p. 210.
Lulean Finch, Ard. Zool.
r I Z E of the common Goldfinch. Bill brown : the head, and
upper parts, blackiftt alh-colour : throat, and fore part of the
neck, white : breaft rufous ; from thence to the vent whitilh :
leflfer wing coverts rufous ; the next the fame, forming a band ;
bleow this a black band, and then another rufous one j this is fol-
(y lowed
2 8 7
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PARROT F.
Pc. XLVIII.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
P l a c e ,,
RED-HEADED
F .
Description.
Place»
56.
LULEAN F.
Description.