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Breeding Range: Canada from Great Slave Lake to 49° N. lat., and the 

 United States. (Recorded from the British Isles and Italy.) Eggs 3—5, rarely 6. 

 (See Bendire, II, p. 452.) Average 24.8X17.55 mm., Max. 27.94 X 19.05 mm., 

 Min. 20.57 X 15.75 mm. (Bendire). 



Other American species which are said to have occurred are the Meadowlark, 

 Sturnella magna (L.),* the Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula (L.),t and the Rusty 

 Grackle, Scolecophagus carolinns (Miill.)**] 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



17. Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraiistes (L.). 



Plate 9, fig. 18—22 (Saxony). 



Eggs: Thienemann, Fortpfl., Tab. XXXVI, fig. 2, a — c. Hewitson, 

 I. Ed. I, pi. XLIH; II. Ed. I, pi. XLIII, fig. 2; III. Ed. I, pi. LII, fig. 2, 3. 

 Baedeker, Tab. 12, fig. 1. Taczanowski, Tab. LXIX, fig. 1. Seebohm, Br. 

 Birds, pi. 13; id. Col. Fig., pi. 56. Frohawk, Br. Birds, I, pi. IV, fig. 126—128. 



British Local Names: England: Grosbeak, French or Haw Grosbeak, 

 Berry-Breaker. Isle of Wight: Cow-bird. 



Foreign Names: Bohemia: Dlask. Denmark: Kirsebaerfugl, Kjaerne- 

 bider. Finland: Nokkavarpunen. France: Gros-bec. Germany: Kirschkern- 

 beisser. Holland: Dikbek, Appelvink, Kersebitter. Hungary: MeggyvdgOj 

 Maddr. Italy: Frosone. Norway: Kirsebaerfugl. Poland: Luszczak 

 grubodziob. Portugal: Bico grossudo. Russia: Dubonos. Spain: Pinonero, 

 Cascanueces. Sweden: Stenkndck. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris Pall. Dresser, Birds of Europe, III, p. 575; 

 Newton, ed. Yarrell, II, p. 98; Saunders, Man. p. 171; Dresser, Man. Pal. 

 Birds, p. 287. C. coccothraustes coccothraustes (L.). Hartert, Vog. Pal. 

 Fauna, p. 55. 



Breeding Range: Europe generally, excepting Ireland, the greater 

 part of Scotland, northern Scandinavia and Russia north of lat. 60°. [Also 

 Asia Minor, N. Persia etc.; replaced in N. W. Africa by C. c. buvryi Cab.] 

 British Although formerly supposed to be only a winter visitor, the Hawfinch 



Isles, is now known to have bred in suitable localities in every county of Eng- 

 land except Cornwall; but it is still decidedly rare as a breeding species 

 in Northumberland, the Lake district and North Devon, and is perhaps 

 most plentiful in the midland and south-eastern counties. In Wales it 

 is extending its range westward, but is still absent from the coast of 

 Cardigan Bay, Anglesea and Carnarvon, and only knowTi as a casual 



* Eggs: Seebohm, Br. Birds, pi. 11; id. Col. Fig., pi. 54. Bendire, II, pi. VI, fig. 20, 21. 

 t See Zool. 1890, p. 487. Eggs: Bendire, II, pi. VII, fig. 6-9. 

 ** Eggs: Seebohm, Br. Birds, pi. 11. Bendire, II, pi. VII, fig. 14—16. 



