494 FRINGILLID.E. 



certainly abundant in Germany, France, Provence, Spain, 

 and Italy ; Mr. Strickland says it is common at Smyrna, and 

 the Zoological Society have received specimens sent by Keith 

 Abbott, Esq. from Trebizond. 



The beak is whitish horn colour, black at the tip ; irides 

 dusky brown ; the whole circumference at the base of the 

 beak crimson red ; cheeks and ear-coverts white ; top of the 

 head black, which colour descends from the occiput in a band 

 on each side of the neck ; nape of the neck below the occi- 

 pital band white ; back, scapulars, and rump, dusky wood- 

 brown ; carpal portion of the wing, and the smaller Aving- 

 coverts, black ; greater wing-coverts, and the outer edge of 

 the basal half of each primary, brilliant gamboge yellow ; the 

 remaining portion of the primaries, and nearly all the other 

 quill-feathers black ; the tertials with a spot of Avhite at the 

 tip ; upper tail-coverts greyish white : tail-feathers black ; the 

 outer feather on each side with an oval-shaped spot of white 

 on the inner web ; tail in form slightly forked. Chin, as 

 before remarked, crimson red, around it white ; the whole of 

 the under surface of the body dull white ; tinged on the sides 

 of the neck, the throat, on the breast, sides of the body, and 

 on the thiffhs, with wood-brown ; under wing-coverts white ; 

 legs and toes pale flesh colour ; claws brown. 



The whole length of the bird five inches. From the car- 

 pal joint to the end of the wing, two inches and seven 

 eighths : the first, second, and third quill-feathers, nearly 

 equal in length, the first rather the longest ; the fourth, one- 

 eighth shorter than the third. 



In the females, the red on the forehead and chin occupies 

 smaller space, and is frequently speckled with black ; the 

 lesser wing-coverts are brown, and the other colours generally 

 are less brilliant. 



In young birds of the year, which for distinction''s sake are 

 called by the bird-catchers and bird-dealers, Branchers, the 



