270 HAWFINCH. 



also rare, more frequent in the southern countries, 

 but not so much so as to enable us to say where 

 its strongholds lie. Temminck states having re- 

 ceived it from Japan. 



In the full plumaged male the colours are rich, 

 and decidedly marked, the space between the 

 eye and rictus running in a narrow line above 

 the nostrils and upon the base of the maxilla, 

 with an oval patch on the chin and throat, are 

 deep black ; the crown, cheeks, and rump, are 

 pale chestnut ; the colour palest on the forehead, 

 and of a browner tinge on the rump ; a collar of 

 bluish gray surrounds the nape, while the centre 

 of the back and shoulder are deep umber-brown, 

 shading into the tints of the collar and rump ; 

 the breast, belly, and vent, are pale purplish red ; 

 the axillary feathers, and under tail coverts, pure 

 white ; the quills and secondaries are deep black, 

 tinted with steel blue reflections ; the first four 

 quills having a narrow bar of white on their inner 

 webs, which is more broadly continued upon the 

 same parts of the secondaries ; the ends of the 

 lesser quills and secondaries are truncated, and 

 have the webs elongated at the tip on the outer 

 side ; the outer webs of the secondaries are loose, 

 and unconnected ; the tail is short, and very 

 nearly square ; the basal half of the feathers is 

 black, extending on the outer feather for the 

 whole length of the outer web ; the tips are 

 white, the extent of that colour being greater on 

 the feathers towards the outside. In the living 

 bird the bill is of a brownish pink ; but Mr 



