Class II. CHAFFINCH. 335 



Le Pinfon. Belon av. 371. PI. e?:L 54. f. i. 125. Char- 



Fringilla. Gefner anj. '^ij. Fringillacoelebs. Z/«.^;y?. 318. finch. 



AUr. av. II. 356. Fincke, Bofincke. Faun. Suec. 



Olina 31. fp. 232. 



Wil. orn, 253. Buchfinck(Beachfinch)/'r//r/S, 



Raii Jyn. aij. 88. I. I. 



Fringuello. Zinan. 61. Finke. Kram. 367. 



Le Pin9on. Brijfon a^, 148. Bofinke. ^r. 253. 



Schinkovitz. Scopoliy No. 217. Br, Zool. 108. plate V. f, 2. 3. 



THIS fpecies entertains us agreeably with its 

 fong very early in the year ; but towards 

 the latter end of fummer afTumes a chirping note : 

 both fexes continue v/ith us the whole year. What 

 is very lingular in Sweden^ the females quit that 

 country in September^ migrating in flocks into HoU 

 land.^ leaving their mates behind \ in the fpring 

 they return.* In Hampjhire Mr. White has ob- 

 ferved fomething of this kind ; vaft flocks of 

 females with fcarcely any males among them. 

 Their neft is almoft as elegantly conftru&d as that 

 of the goldfinch, and of much the fame materials, 

 only the infide has the addition of fome large fea- 

 thers. They lay four or five eggs, of a dull white 

 color, tinged and fpotted with deep purple. 



The bill is of a pale blue, the tip black : the Descrif, 

 feathers on the forehead black : the crown of the 

 head, the hind part and the fides of the neck are 



* Aman. acad, II. 42. IV. 595. 



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