. A general history of birds . s of the body, wings, and tail, as in the other; beneath, from thethe chin, buff-colour, and marked on the sides as in the former; theunder tail coverts orange, the upper crimson; but the streak over theeye wanting. Inhabits Senegal.—In the Collection of Lord Stanley. In anotherspecimen, the edges of all but the two middle tail feathers werecrimson : and we have also seen further trifling Varieties, no doubtowing to age or sex. 89.—BARKED FINCH. SIZE of the last. General colour of the plumage much thesame; the upper mandible black, the lower red; chin and throatb
. A general history of birds . s of the body, wings, and tail, as in the other; beneath, from thethe chin, buff-colour, and marked on the sides as in the former; theunder tail coverts orange, the upper crimson; but the streak over theeye wanting. Inhabits Senegal.—In the Collection of Lord Stanley. In anotherspecimen, the edges of all but the two middle tail feathers werecrimson : and we have also seen further trifling Varieties, no doubtowing to age or sex. 89.—BARKED FINCH. SIZE of the last. General colour of the plumage much thesame; the upper mandible black, the lower red; chin and throatblack; breast, and sides under the wings, crossed with eighteen ortwenty narrow bars of white, bounded above and below with brown ;from the middle of the breast to the vent pale ferruginous chestnut. One, supposed to differ in sex, was somewhat paler, and wantedthe black on the chin and throat; but the white lines or bars beneaththe body were much the same, and the colour down the middle ofthe belly only deep buff. V/UfoeC FINCH. 115 90— DUREE FINCH.—Pl. xcvii. SIZE of a Sparrow. Bill whitish; head and neck hoary; fromthe base of the bill a black stripe passes through the eye, on eachside, to the nape; upper parts of the body, wings, and tail brown,the margins of the feathers paler; chin and all beneath black, passingon each side of the neck as a half collar; sides and thighs ash-colour;tail rounded, dark brown, or black, with the centre feathers incliningto cinereous; the outer web, and point of the exterior one dirty white ;legs dirty red, feet small, toes distinct. The female is like the male above; round the eye, chin, throat,breast, belly, under wing and tail coverts, sides, and thighs whitishbrown; quills brownish, with pale margins; tail and feet as in themale, but paler. Inhabits Bengal throughout the year, found among the grass; isthe Duree of the Bengalese, and the Mussulmans—Dr. egg is dusky white, with pale cinereous spots, somewhat l
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