118 FRINGILLID^. 
Family Fringillid^e. 
156. Fringilla cffiLEBs. The Common Chaffinch. 
Spanish. Pinzon. 
Our well-known English Chaffinch is tliroughout Andalucia 
as common as it is in England where there are trees — most 
frequent in winter^ the residents being then greatly reinforced 
by those which arrive from the north. It appears on the 
rock of Gibraltar as early as the 12th of August ; but I do 
not think it ever remains to nest. Great numbers breed in 
the Cork-wood and in all the wooded valleys of the neigh- 
bourhood, usually commencing to lay about the end of 
April. 
I am not aware of the occurrence of this Chaffinch on the 
African side of the Straits, but cannot help suspecting that 
stragglers must occasionally cross. 
157. Fringilla spodiogena, Bp. The North-African 
Chaffinch. 
Moorish. Bourdo. 
Favier does not appear to have distinguished the difference 
between this and the European bird [Fringilla ccelebs) , though 
Mr. Drake mentions it. It is the Chaffinch of the country, 
and is in Morocco, about Tangier, Tetuan, &c., as common 
as its congener is in Andalucia, and has the same habits, the 
eggs and nest being also like those of F. coslebs ; but the 
note, harsher and not so musical, is very distinct. It does 
not appear ever to cross to the European side of the Straits. 
The adult male is to be distinguished from F. ccelebs by the 
back being yellowish green, and by the throat and breast 
being light yellowish buff. The females are similar to those 
of the common Chaffinch. 
158. Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. The Brambling 
or Mountain-Finch. 
Spanish. Montanes, MiUero. 
This species "has been once obtained near Tangier, in 1845, 
