. A general synopsis of birds . ight red: between the bill andeye blueiih afh-colour: the upper parts of the bird are yellowifhgreen : the wing coverts, and fecondaries, greenifh, with red mar-gins : quills dufky : the breaft is olive green, changing intowhite on the belly and under the tail; all beneath variegatedwith broken dufky tranfverfe lines : the rump, and tail, brightred ; the laft even at the end : legs pale brown. The female has a pale yellow bill. top of the head, and neck,afh-colour : bafe of the wings, and rump, yellowifh green, infleadof red: the tail brown, edged with dull red.
. A general synopsis of birds . ight red: between the bill andeye blueiih afh-colour: the upper parts of the bird are yellowifhgreen : the wing coverts, and fecondaries, greenifh, with red mar-gins : quills dufky : the breaft is olive green, changing intowhite on the belly and under the tail; all beneath variegatedwith broken dufky tranfverfe lines : the rump, and tail, brightred ; the laft even at the end : legs pale brown. The female has a pale yellow bill. top of the head, and neck,afh-colour : bafe of the wings, and rump, yellowifh green, infleadof red: the tail brown, edged with dull red. In other things notunlike the male, having the red face, as in that lex. This is faid to inhabit China * and Brafil f. 53. Red-faced Finch, Brawns 111. pi. 25. RED-FACED F. Description. :f ENGTH near fix inches. General colour of the plumagedeep dull green : cheeks tinged with crimfon: prime quillsdufky, with dull orange edges : tail dull crimfon : legs ^ Inhabits Angola. • Linntsut. t Edwards. SIZE pi. t ya rro£ ^tn^A. N H. 287 CI Z E of the Waxbill, or Ids. The bill black : face, to behindthe eye, and the throat, deep fcarlet: the rump, and tail, thefame : reft of the body parrot green, lighted beneath : the wings,when folded, reach the bafe of the tail: the outer edge of thequills is green ; the inner cinereous brown : the tail cuneiform;the two middle feathers deep fcarlet, with the fhafts brown ; theother five, on each fide, have only the outer web fcarlet, the innerbrown. This is a moil beautiful fpecies, and was fhot by Dr. J. R*Forfter, at New Caledonia. Red-headed Finch, Brown) llluji. pi. 2$. f ENGTH near five inches. Bill black: head, and neck,rich fcarlet: fpace round the eyes black : back, breaft, andbelly, olive : wings black, with two bars of white on the coverts:•tail black : legs reddifh the ifland of Mauritius. 54-PARROT F. Pl. XLVIII. Description, Pl; 55- RED-HEADED F. Description. Place* Fringilla lulenfis, Lin. Sjj
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