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PASSERIFORMES 



tosjnza, Lo^jhospiMf/us, and Tiaris have fine crests; Catamhlyrhynchns 

 exhibits stiff crown-feathers. The feet are usually dull, Ijut occa- 

 sionally pinkish, as in Emhernagra and Pycnorhamphus ; the bill 

 may be blackish, yellowish, dusky, or even red, as in Cardiytalis 

 (except one form). Of British species, the Greenfinch {Ligurinus 

 Moris), the Goldfinch (Carduelis elegans), the Sparrow {Passer 

 domesticus), the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelchs), the Brambling (F. 

 montif ring ilia), the Linnet (Linota cannalnna), the Eedpoll 

 (Aegiothus rufescens), the Bullfinch {Pyrj^hula europaea), the 



Fig. 143. — House-Sj^arrow. Passer domesticus. 

 Ilhistrated Magazine. ) 



X f . (From English 



Eeed- Bunting {Emleriza schoeniclus), the Corn -Bunting (PJ. 

 miliaria), and the Yellow Hammer {P. citrinella) hardly need 

 description ; while several others occur more rarely in our islands 

 or breed with us in limited numbers, such as the Haw^finch 

 (Coceothraustes vulgaris), which is bay, black and white ; the 

 Siskin {Chrysomitris spinus) and the Serin {Serinus hortulanus), 

 which are chiefly greenish-yellow ; the Pine-Grosbeak {PyrrJnda 

 enucleator) and the Crossbill {Loxia cvrvirostra), which are 

 mainly red in the adult male, and respectively yellow and 

 greenish-orange in the female ; the Ortolan Bunting (Pmhcriza 

 hortulana), which is brown, green, and yellow ; and the Snow- 

 Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), with its black, chestnut, and 



