564 FRINGILLIM. 



shorter than the others, and greyish brown, tipped with 

 white ; chin and throat velvet black : sides of the neck, the 

 breast and belly, pale nutmeg brown ; under tail -co verts 

 white ; legs, toes, and claws, pale wood-brown. 



The whole length of the bird is full seven inches. From 

 the carpal joint to the end of the wing, four inches : the 

 first three quill -feathers very nearly equal in length, but 

 the second rather the longest of the three ; the fourth one- 

 eighth of an inch shorter than the third ; the fifth three- 

 eighths of an inch shorter than the fourth. 



In the female, the black at the base of the beak and on 

 the lore, or space between the beak and the eye, is much 

 less conspicuous than in the male ; the black patch on the 

 chin is also of smaller size ; the colours of the head, neck, 

 and back, less pure, and blending more with each other ; 

 the white colour on the larger wing-coverts more mixed 

 with brown, and the outer webs of the tertials are bluish 

 grey. 



In the young bird, and in the old ones during winter, 

 the beak is of a fleshy red colour, but inclining to pale 

 brown on the ridge of the upper mandible ; the head, neck, 

 and upper parts, yellowish olive brown ; the bar on the 

 wing less conspicuous ; the throat yellow, bounded by a 

 small line of brown spots, which indicate the outline of 

 the black patch on the throat of adult birds ; under surface 

 of the body pale yellowish brown, each feather tipped with 

 darker brown. 



The nest is figured at the end of the account of the 

 next bird but one, the Siskin. 



