136 AVES INSESSORES. [FRINGILLA. 



(3. COCCOTHRAUSTES, BriSS.) 



95. F. Coccothraustes, Temm. (Common Grosbeak.) 

 Base of the bill, lore, and throat, black : crown, cheeks, 

 and rump, reddish brown. 



F. Coccothraustes, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 344. Haw Gros- 

 beak, Mont. Orn. Diet. Haw-Finch, Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 324. 

 pi. 55. f. 1. Grosbeak, Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 159. 



DIMENS. Entire length seven inches : length of the bill (from the 

 forehead) nine lines, (from the gape) ten lines ; of the tarsus ten lines 

 and a half; of the tail one inch ten lines; from the carpus to the end 

 of the wing three inches ten lines. 



DESCRIPT. Base of the bill, space between the bill and the eye, chin 

 and throat, deep black : a broad collar of ash-gray on the nape : crown of 

 the head, cheeks, rump, and upper tail-coverts, reddish, or chestnut- 

 brown; back, scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts, the same, but of a 

 deeper tint ; greater coverts grayish white, forming a broad bar of that 

 colour across the wings; secondary quills, and some of the primaries, 

 glossy black, with an oblong white spot on the middle of their inner webs, 

 the former truncated at their extremities ; the rest of the quills entirely 

 black : breast and belly vinous red ; vent and under tail-coverts white : 

 tail with the two middle feathers like the back ; the others dusky brown 

 with a large oblong white spot at the extremities of their inner webs : bill 

 blue in Summer, whitish in Winter. In the female, the colours are 

 paler, but similarly disposed to those of the other sex. (Young of the 

 year before the first moult.) Throat yellow; crown of the head, cheeks, 

 and all the upper parts of the body, yellowish brown: under parts yel- 

 lowish white ; the breast, belly and flanks, spotted with brown, this last 

 colour occupying the tip of each feather. (Egg.) White tinged with 

 blue, spotted and streaked with ash-gray and dark brown : long. diam. 

 eleven lines ; trans, diam. eight lines and a half. 



Only an occasional visitant in this country during the winter months. 

 Principally observed in the southern counties. In a few instances, has 

 been known to remain and breed. Feeds on haws, and other stone 

 fruits. Builds in hedges and tall trees : nest composed of twigs, lichens, 

 and vegetable fibres; lined with feathers or horse-hair, and other soft 

 materials. Eggs three to five in number. 



96. F. Chloris, Temm. (Green Grosbeak.) All the 

 upper and under parts of the body yellowish green. 



F. Chloris, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 346. Green Grosbeak, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 163. Selb. Illust. 

 vol. i. p. 326. pi. 54. f. 3. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches : length of the bill (from the fore- 

 head) six lines, (from the gape) seven lines ; of the tarsus nine lines ; of 

 the tail two inches five lines ; from the carpus to the end of the wing 

 three inches four lines : breadth, wings extended, ten inches four lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Male.) All the upper and under parts of the body, sca- 

 pulars, and lesser wing-coverts, yellowish green; greater coverts and 

 secondary quills ash-gray ; primaries dusky, edged on the outer web with 

 gamboge-yellow : tail a little forked ; the' two middle feathers blackish 

 gray, edged with yellowish gray; the four outer feathers on each side 



