324 INSESSORES. COCOTHRAUSTES. HAWFINCH. 



HAWFINCH. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES VULGARIS^ 



PLATE LV. FIG. 1. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris, Flem. Br. Anim. 12. 8. No. 98. 



Fringilla Coccothraustes, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 344. 



Loxia Coccothraustes, Linn. 1. p. 299 Fauna Suec. No. 222 Gmel. Syst- 



1. p. 844. sp. 2 Raii Syn. p. 85. A. 1 Will. p. 150 Briss. 3. p. 219. 1. 

 Le Gros-bec, Buff. Ois. v. 3. p. 44. t. 27. 1 Id. PL Enl. 99. and 100 



Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 344. 

 Kirsch Kernbeisser, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 35 Meyer, Tasschenb. 



v. 1. p. 143 Frisch. t. 4. 2. A, B. 

 Appel-vink, Sepp. Vog. v. 2. t. p. 137. 

 Grosbeak or Hawfinch, Br. Zool. No. 113. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 354. C 



Witt. (Ang.) p. 244. 44 Albin. 1. t. 56 __ Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t. 67 



Lath. Syn. 3. p. 109. 4 / Supp. p. 148 Mont. Ornith. Diet. v. 1 



Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 11 Wale. Syn. 2. t. 206 Don. Br. Birds, 2. t. 43. 



Bewick's Br. Birds, t. 1. p. 133 Shaw's Zool. v. 9. p. 236. pi. 42. 



Occasional THIS bird only occasionally visits the British Isles during 

 the months of winter, and its appearance is almost entirely 

 confined to the southern parts of the kingdom, as I have very 

 rarely met with it in any of the northern counties. It does not 

 associate in large flocks, like most of its tribe ; at least if any 

 judgment may be formed during its sojourn in this country, 

 as the numbers seen together seldom amount to more than 



Food. ten or twelve, and not often to so many. Here it subsists 

 chiefly upon the fruit of the white thorn, the stones of which 

 it breaks with the greatest ease, by means of its strong and 

 massive bill. In its native haunts, the seed of the platanus, 

 kernels of cherry-stones, almonds, and other stone-fruit, fur- 

 nish its principal support. 



It is a plentiful species in some districts of France, and is 

 common in the mountainous regions of Italy, in Germany, 

 Sweden, and part of Russia. 



Nest, &c. It builds in the upper branches of trees, and forms a nest 

 of beautiful construction from lichens and vegetable fibres, 

 lined with feathers and other soft materials.* Its eggs are 

 * It has, I understand, been found breeding in Windsor Forest 1833, 



