336 CHAFFINCH. Class II. 



of a blulfh grey : the fpace above the eyes, the 

 cheeks, throat, and forepart of the neck, are red : 

 the fides and belly white, tinged with red : the up- 

 per part of the back of a deep tawny color ; the 

 lower part and rump green : the coverts on the 

 very ridge of the wing black and grey *, beneath 

 them is a large white fpot: the baftard wing and 

 firft greater coverts black, the reft tipt with white : 

 the quil-feathers black ; their exterior fides edged 

 ■with pale yellow : their inner and outward webs 

 white on their lower part, fo as to form a third 

 white line acrofs the wing : the tail is black, ex- 

 cept the outmoft feather, which is marked obliquely 

 with a white line from top to bottom , and the 

 next which has a white fpot on the end of the 

 inner web : the legs are duiky : the colors of the 

 female are very dull ; it entirely wants the red on 

 the breaft and other parts : the head and upper 

 part of the body are of a dirty green : the belly 

 and breaft of a dirty white : the wings and tail 

 fnarked much like thofe of the male, 



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