306 INSESSORES. FRINGILLA. CHAFFINCH. 



Fig. 7. The female. Natural size. 



Female. Head, upper parts of the body, and scapulars, pale oil- 

 green, tinged with grey. Cheeks and lower parts grey, 

 tinged with pale-yellowish-brown. The bands upon the 

 wings not so large or distinct as those of the male ; the 

 lower one of a yellowish- white. Bill yellowish grey. 

 The young males, previous to the autumnal moult, re- 

 semble the female. 



MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



FRINGILLA MONTIFXINGILLA, Linn. 



PLATE LIV. FIGS. 8, 9. 



Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 318. 4 Faun. Suec. No. 233. 



Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 902. sp. 4 Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 439. sp. 17 



Ran Syn. p. 88 Will p. 187. t. 45 Briss. 3. p. 155. 



Fringilla Lulensis, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 902. sp. 5 Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 1. 



p. 452. sp. 63. young female. 

 Le Pinson d' Ardennes, Buff. Ois. v. 4. p. 124. t. 14 Id. PL Enl. 54. f. 2. 



male. 



Gros-Bec d' Ardennes, Temm. Man. d'Orriith. v. 1. p. 3GO. 

 Chardonneret a quatre Raies, Buff. Ois. v. 4. p. 210. 

 Berk-fink, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 97 Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. 



p. 151 Frisch. t. 2. f. 2. 



Brambling, or Mountain Finch, Br. Zool. 1. No. 126 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 381. 



E Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t. 80 Albin. 3. t. 64. Will. (Ang.) p. 254- 



t. 45 Lath. Syn. 3. p. 261. 13 Mont. Ornith. Diet Wale. Syn, 2. 



t. 218 Don. Br. Birds, 4. t. 85 Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 12. Bewick's Rr. 



Birds, I. t. p. 163. male Shaw's Zool 9. p. 444. t. 65. f. 2. copy from 



Bewick. 

 Lulean Finch, Lath. Syn. v. 8. p. 278 Penn. Arct. Zool. v. 2. p. 380. B. 



Periodical THE Mountain Finch is a native of the northern parts of 

 Europe, and inhabits the wild and mountainous districts ; 

 where, after breeding, it passes the summer also in the fo- 

 rests of pine and fir which abound in these higher latitudes. 

 In the temperate and warmer regions of this quarter of the 

 globe, it is only known as a winter visitant ; arriving to- 

 wards the close of autumn, and departing to the northward, 

 early in spring. Although few winters pass without our be- 

 ing visited by some of these birds, I have remarked that they 



