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LefTer Mountain-finch, or Mortoti Northampt. 423. tab. 123. MouN« 

 Brambling. Wil. orn. z^^. ^3'fg'3' ^^' Zool. 113. tain, 



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E are obliged to borrow the following de- Descri^, 



fcription from the account of Mr. Johnfon 

 tranfmitted to Mr. Ray, having never feen the 

 bird. Mr. Ray fufpe(5led that it was only a variety 

 of the former, but Mr. Morton, having frequent 

 opportunity of examining this fpecies, proves it to 

 be a diftindl kind. 



According to Mr. Johnfon, its bill is fhort, thick, 

 and ftrong-, black at the point, the reft yellow. 

 The forehead is of a dark cheftnut •, the hind part 

 of the head and cheeks of a lighter ; the hind part 

 of the neck, and the back are afh- colored ; the 

 latter more fpotted with black ; the throat is white ; 

 the breaft and belly waved with flame color; at the 

 fecting on of the wing grey ; the five firft feathers 

 are of a blackifh brown, the reft white with the 

 point of each daftied with brown: the three out- 

 moft feathers of the tail are white ; the reft dark 

 brown ; the feet black •, the hind claw as long 

 again as any of the reft. The breaft of the ftmale 

 is of a darker color than that of the male. The 

 fpecies, by the above-mentioned writer's accountj 

 is found in TorkJIoire and Northamponjhire* 



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