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8. COCCOTHRAUSTES. 



Coccothraustes, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 218 (1760). 



Type. 

 C. coccothraustes. 



Wing of Coccothraustes coccothramtr>. 



Range. The whole of Europe and Central Asia to North-western 

 India ; E. Siberia ; Japan and Northern China. 



Key to the Species. 



a. With the crown tawny rufous. 



«'. With the sides of the body vinous. 



a". Median and greater wing-coverts tipped 



with white coccothraustes rf , p. 37. 



b". Median and greater wing-coverts tipped 



with pale drab japonicus cS > P- 40. 



b'. With the sides of the body tawny or 



orange-buff hunrii cS > P- 40. 



, ,»,.,, ., , I coccothraustes 2 , p. 38. 



b. With the crown brown \japonicus $ , pTio 



c. With the crown ashy grey humii $ , p. 40. 



1. Coccothraustes coccothraustes. 



The Common Grosbeak, A/bin, Nat. Hist. Birds, i. p. 54, pi. hi. 



(1738). 

 The Grosbeak or Hawfinch. Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, iv. p. 188, 



pi. 188 (1751). 

 Le Grosbec, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 219 (1760); Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



iii. p. 444 (1775) ; Haubent. PL JEnl. iv. pis. 99, 100. 

 Loxia coccothraustes, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 299 ( 1 766) ; Penn. Brit. 



Zool. p. 105, pi. 105. fig. 1 (i766) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 844 (1788). 

 Hawfinch, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 100 (178.')). 

 Coccothraustes vulgaris. Pall. Zooyr. Bosso-Asiat. ii. p. 12 (1811) ; 



Vieill. N Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 519 (1817) ; Roux, Orn. Prov. 



pi. 76 (1825) ; Selby, Brit. B. i. p. 324 (1833) ; Gould, B. Eur. iii. 



pi. 199 (1837) ; Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. §■ N. Amer. p. 30 (1838) ; 



Keys. n. Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. xlii (1840) ; Selys-Lonach. Faune 



Belqe, p. 75 (1842) ; Schl. Bev. Grit. p. lxv (1844) ; Gray, Gen. 



B. ii. p. 358 (1844) ; Heunts. Er/e/s Brit. B. i. p. 158, pi. 43. fi<r. 2 



(184G) ; Thomps. B. Lrel. i. p. 259 (1849) ; Cab. Mus. Hem. Tli. i. 



p. 158 (1850); Schl. Vng. Nederl. pi. 172 (1854); Horsf. 8r 



Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 463 (1854): Jaub. 8f Barth.- 



