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Length about 5 inches. Upper parts hair brown. Round 

 beak and eyes black ; forehead and chin crimson ; top of head 

 and round ear coverts black ; ear coverts nearly white ; wings 

 black, with a golden yellow bar ; quills tipped with white ; tail 

 black and white and tipped with white. Under parts white ; 

 a dull brown patch across the bi?east. 



146. Siskin. Chrysomitris spinus (Linnaeus). 

 Not mentioned by Shelley. 



Of irregular occurrence from autumn to spring. In 1907 

 great numbers appeared in Egypt. 



Length 4 inches. Top of head and chin black ; eye stripe 

 yellow ; greenish olive above, streaked with black ; rump yellow ; 

 breast yellow ; belly white ; flanks streaked with black. 



146. Serin. Serinus serinus (Linnaeus). 



Serinus hortulanus. Shelley, p. 154. 



Occurs in flocks during the winter and earlier part of the 

 year. Pairs and sings in February and March. No records of 

 its nesting in the country. 



Length about 4 inches. Above grey streaked with black ; 

 rump greenish yellow ; breast green, striped on sides with black ; 

 belly dull white ; flanks streaked with black. Female is duller 

 and has less green in the plumage. 



147. Greenfinch. Ligurinus chloris subsp. 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



Flocks seen on banks of Suez Canal in autumn. Single 

 individuals noted from time to time in autumn at Giza and in 

 the Wadi Natrun. No specimens from EgyjDt examined. The 

 birds of the species occurring in Egypt may be the brightly 

 coloured L. c. aurantiiventris, which inhabits South Europe 

 and occurs in North-west Africa. 



Length about 5 inches. Head, neck, and under parts 

 green. Upper parts olive brown. Wings and tail blackish, 

 with yellow bars. 



148. Hawfinch. Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes 



(Linnseus). 



Coccothraustes vulgaris. Shelley, p. 150. 

 A few in Lower Egypt during the autumn. 

 Length 7 inches. Lores and chin black. Crown, cheeks, 

 and rump reddish brown. Back and sides of neck brownish 



