PASSERES— FRINGILUD.E 27 



Pringilla. 



Bill straight and pointed ; tail forked ; cup nest in trees 

 or bushes ; eggs bluish or brownish ground colour, dark 

 spotted. 



Fringilla coelebs coelebs L. Chaffinch. Fr. Pinson ; 

 Gcr. Ijuchfink ; ItaL Fringuello ; Swcd. Bofink. 



$ Crown and hind neck slaty blue, back chestnut brown, 

 rump and upper tail coverts yellowish green, median wing 

 coverts and tips of greater white or yellowish white, margins of 

 secondaries yellow ; beneath, face, throat, and underparts reddish 

 brown with vinous tinge, outer tail feathers mostly white. Bill 

 (winter) pale horn with dark tip, (summer) leaden blue, paler 

 below, with dark tip. Legs and feet pale brown. Wing $ 82-90, 

 9 76-84. Tarsus 17-19. Bill 9-10. 9 olive brown, rump and 

 upper tail coverts yellowish green ; beneath greyish brown. 

 Young like $ . 



Breeds. — Europe from N. Cape south to Mediterranean, in 

 Russia south to about 52°. Partial migrant ; occurs in winter 

 Sicily, Malta, Corsica, Sardinia, and N. Africa (Morocco to Egypt). 



F. coelebs tyrrhenica Schiebel. Upper parts darker, dark 

 brown on wings replaced by deep black. 

 Rcsi(ic7it. — Corsica. 



P. coelebs spodiogenys Bonaparte. $ adult. Forehead 

 black, crown, face, hind neck and part of scapulars pale slaty 

 blue, back and rump green ; beneath pale vinous buff, margins of 

 wing coverts and quills pure white, flanks slate. Wing 93-96 (H.) 

 9 as typical 9) but paler. 



Reside ?if. — T u n i s i a . 



P. coelebs africana Levaillant. ^ Crown darker slate and 

 less white on inner secondaries than in "spodiogenys" ; green on 

 back darker. Wing 91-94 (H.). 



Resident. — Algeria. 



P. coelebs koenigl Rothschild and Hartcrt. $ much darker 



above than "spodiogenys"; still less white on secondaries,] — A 

 of feather only. Wing 85-90-5. 



Reside ?i t. — Morocco. 



