340 TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



Is more a midland than a northern summer bird. I have 

 seen specimens in the winter in our midland forests ; no 

 where so common here as in England. 



142. F. DOMESTICA, L. Grasparf. The Common Sparrow. 



D. F. 



Length about 6 in. ; head above in male ash blue, in 

 female brown-grey, a white band over the wing. In 

 the female and young the body colour is greyish, with- 

 out the chestnut brown and black, which distinguishes 

 the male. In the winter both are more grey. 

 Is common throughout the year in all parts of Scan- 

 dinavia where men live. 



143. F. MONTANA, L. Pilfink. The Mountain Sparrow. 



r>. F. 



A little smaller than the last ; head above dark red- 

 brown ; two white bands over the wings ; back and 

 shoulders red-brown; breast ash grey; belly white. In 

 the female the colours are duller, as both are in the 

 winter. No where so common as the last, and more 

 local, but seems to have as high a northern range. 



Gen. Coccotliraustes, Klein. 

 Bill extremely large ; wings short. 



144. COCCOTHEAUSTES VULGAEIS, Nilss. Stenknack. The 



Hawfinch. D. F. 



Length 7 in. ; upper parts brown ; the middle wing 

 feathers in the end very much broader than in the 

 middle, and cut off square, glossy blue-black ; nape ash 

 grey ; a broad band of white across the wing ; bill blue 

 in summer, white in winter ; the colour of the female is 

 duller. 



Is rare in the north ; principally seen in the south ; but I 

 obtained one specimen in Wermland in the winter of 1864. 



Gen. Pyrrhula, Briss. 



Beak short and thick, as high as it is long; wings 

 reaching scarcely to the middle of the tail ; body round and 

 plump. 



