79*
DUSKY F.
D escription.
Place.
Bq.
LONG-TAILED
F.
Descr4P;tion»
■ Plac-Eo
•Si.
BLUE-BELLIED
F.
La Linotte brune, Euf. oif. iv. p. 84.
JDu&y Linnet, JSdtu. pi. 270.
L E ,N G T H four inches. Bill afh-colour : general colour of
the plumage dufky brown or blackilh, inclining to afh-
colour on the breaft and rump: all the feathers have the tips of
a lighter,colour: the legs are dufky.
This is a native of Angola or Braftl, but which not certain.
Brijfon makes thefe two the fame fpecies; Buff on is of a contrary
Jentiment. 4 have not feen either, fo can form no opinion.
C l Z E of a Linnet: length feven inches and a half. Bill
brown : the,upper part of the plumage like that of 3 Sky-lark*
•the middle of each feather very dark: the under parts of the
body very pale afh-colour : tail long, very cuneiform in fhape j
«the two middle feathers narrow, and fharp at the ends; thefe are
of a greenifh brown; all the others brawn : the quills are brown,
-with greenifh margins : legs brown.
From Cayenne. I faw the above in acolledtion of birds feat
from that place.
TringillaBenghalus, fLin. Syft. i. p. 323. 32. (the male.f)
— ... -Angolenfis,-------- - ----- - ■ - 31. (the female.)
Le Bengali, Brif. orn. iii. j>. 303. 60. pi. 10. f. j .~—£u/.41/ iv. p, Q2.~-
Pl.enl. 115. f. Y.
Blue-bellied Finch, Edw. pi. -131. (female*)
Lev. Mu/.
^ I Z E of the lefier Redpole : length four inches three quarters.
Bill dirty flefh-colour : irides hazel: the head, and upper
J parts
D escription,
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parts of the body, grey : the lower part of the back and rump,,
and all the under parts, blue : on each fide of the head is a.
curved purplifh red fpor, placed beneath the eyes, and rather
behind them : the quills are brown, edged with grey : the tail
pale blue, and a little wedge-fbaped r the legs whitifh.
The female is the fame in colour, but wants the red fpot beneath
the eyes.
Some fpecimens have the under parts of the fame colour as the
back, but paler; in others there Is a tinge of red on the belly.
Edwards’s bird was of an afh-coloured brown above, and pale
blue on the under parts and tail, but had no red mark, under the
eyes; and what he took for the femal&'wzs cinereous brown, and
had only a light tinge of blue on the under parts of the body,
Thefe differences are all to be feen in a-, variety of fpecimens in
the Mufeum of Sir A. Lever.
Fringilla amandava, Lin. Syß. i. p. 319. 10;
Le Bengali piqueté, Brif. on. iii. p. zo6. 6*. pi. io ,f . 4.— Buß oif. nr. p ,
96. pi. 2.-f. i.— PI. enl. 115.T. 31
Avicula Amandavæa, Raii Syn-. p. 92. 9.
Amadavad Bird, mil. on. p , 266. pi. t f .— Albin. iii. pi. f/ .—EAm. pi.
3SS- f- u
Er. Mu/ Lev. Muf.
O T Z E of a Wren : length four inches. Bill of a dull red:
^ all the upper parts brown,, with a mixture of red : the under
the fame, but paler ; the middle of the belly darkeft : all the
feathers of the upper wing coverts, breaft, and fides, have a fpot
of white at the tip : the quills are grey brown: tail black : legs
pale yellowifh white, The
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