18 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



female is a hoarse god', god, gock. Local and 

 other names: Wood Grouse, Ceiliog Coed (of the 

 ancient British), Cock of the Woods, Great Grouse, 

 Cock of the Mountain, Capercally, Capercailzie, 

 Capercali. Sits closely. 



CHAFFINCH. 



Description of Parent Birds. Length about six 

 inches. Bill shortish, strong, conical, pointed, and 

 dark blue. Irides hazel. Forehead black; crown, 

 hinder part of head, and a part of the sides of the 

 neck bluish-ash. Back reddish-brown ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts greenish. Lesser wing-coverts 

 white ; greater black tipped with white, thus form- 

 ing two conspicuous bars across the wings ; quills 

 dusky, bordered with greenish-yellow on the outer 

 webs and marked with greyish-white on both webs 

 near the base. Tail-quills black, tinged with grey 

 on the two middle feathers, and the two outer ones 

 on each side marked with white. Chin, cheeks, 

 throat, breast, belly, and under-parts reddish chest- 

 nut-brown, paler on the belly, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts. Legs, toes, and claws dusky. 



The female is smaller, and her head, neck, and 

 upper part of the back greyish-brown ; the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts are not so bright, and her 

 under-parts are brownish- white, tinged with red 

 upon the breast. The white bars upon her wings 

 are not so conspicuous. 



Situation and Locality. In the forks of small 

 trees, on branches and twigs of whitethorns, fruit 

 trees, in hedges, gorse bushes, and other kinds of 

 trees in orchards, spinneys, on commons, and almost 

 anywhere and everywhere where there are trees 



