_ CHAFFINCH. 105 
In the adult male Chaffinch in spring plumage the general colour of the 
’ upper parts is slate-grey, suffused with chestnut on the mantle, and with 
yellowish’ green on the rump ; the wings are dark brown, the outside web 
margined with dull yellow; the median wing-coverts are white, and the 
greater wing-coverts are black, tipped with yellow; the tail is dark brown, 
with a considerable amount of white on two and sometimes three of the 
outer feathers at each side ; the forehead is black; the lores, the feathers 
round the eye, the ear-coverts, cheeks, and the whole of the underparts are 
pale chestnut-brown, suffused with pink on the belly, and shading into 
nearly white on the under tail-coverts. Bill lead-blue in summer, fleshy 
pink, darkest at the tip, in winter; legs, feet, and claws brown; irides 
hazel. 'The female differs from the male in having the slate-grey of the 
upper parts replaced by brown, and by having the underparts much paler. 
After the autumn moult the slate-grey feathers of the upper parts have 
brown edges, the white on the wings is suffused with yellow, and the 
underparts are paler. Young males in first plumage somewhat closely 
resemble females ; but assume an intermediate plumage after their first 
autumn moult, 
