Obs. [mod.L., = F. vengoline (Buffon), from the native name in Angola, given as benguelinba by Edwards.] The Angola finch (Serinus angolensis).

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1773.  Phil. Trans., LXIII. 254. I therefore educated a young linnet under a vengolina, which imitated its African master so exactly,… that it was impossible to distinguish the one from the other.

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