182 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
follows :—Forehead yellow, with a slight mixture of 
olive-green; rest of the head and nape olive-green ; 
ear-coverts also olive-green; a yellow stregk ex- 
tends from the back of the eye round the ear- 
coverts to the throat; back light olive-brown, with 
dark streaks, formed by the centre of each feather 
being darker; rump and upper tail-coverts yellow; 
lesser wing-coverts light dull yellow, with a dusky 
spot on the inner web of each feather; greatei 
coverts dusky, with yellowish tips, making a yellow 
line across the closed wing; quills dusky, with dirty 
white edges to the tertials; tail forked and dusky, 
each feather edged with dirty white or yellow; 
throat yellow; breast yellow, with dark dusky 
streaks; flanks dull dirty white, with dusky streaks ; 
belly and under tail-coverts dull dirty white; 
legs rather faded, but I should think yellowish 
brown; the colour of the irides I could not tell, 
as I did not see the bird in the flesh: the bird- 
stuffer had put in black eyes. ‘This is the descrip- 
tion I made in my note-book of Mr. Byne’s bird, 
when it was shown to me by Mr. Haddon, in March, 
1866. 
The following is the description of the Serin 
Finch given by Mr. Newman in his edition of 
Montagu’s Dictionary :—“ Forehead round the eyes, 
and a band above the eyes which extends almost 
to the back of the head, greenish yellow, clouded 
with grey; from the gape to the sides of the neck 
