40 BIRDS. PASSERES. 20. Fringilla. 



Female without the grey on the head and neck, and the throae 

 and breast dirty white. 



84. F. Montifringitta. Black with rufous and grey spots : 

 belly awl rump white: throat, breast and shoulders 

 pale rufous:- lateral tail-feathers blackish, edged 

 with, white on the outer webs. 



Mountain Finch, Brambling. Lewin t. 74. Walcott. 218. 



Length about 6 inches : rather larger than the Chaffinch. 

 Bill yellowish, tipt with black: iris dusky : head, nape, throat and 

 back black, the feathers more or lefs with an orange-buff edge : 

 lesser wing-coverts pale rufous, greater-ones black with orange 

 tips: quills black, edged with yellow on the outer-webs, the first 3 

 or 4 with a white mark on the outer-webs, forming an oblique 

 white bar : belly and rump whitish : sides with a few black fpots : 

 tail black, the 2 middle-feathers with a grey edge and tip : legs 

 brownish. Female grey on the head and nape, with 2 dusky lines 

 from the latter : plumage dusky with pale yellow edges, and with- 

 out the orange or yellow. 



85. F. Car duel is. Crown black: front and chin orange : 

 quill-feathers rich yellow on the outer webs, except 

 the outermost : 2 outer tail-feathers white in the 

 middle, the middle-ones tipt with white. 



Goldfinch, Thistlefinch. Lenin t. 75. Donovan t. 103. 



Length 5 inches apd a half: extent of wings 9 inches. 

 Bill white, tipt with black : iris dusky : from the bill to the eyes a 

 black stripe : cheeks white, bounded by a black line reaching half- 

 way round the neck : back brown : breast whitish in the middle : 

 tides, lower part of the breast and belly pale brown: fiat white : 

 greater wing-coverts black, with pale tawny tips ; lesser-ones tipt 

 with yellow : quilts blackish, tipt with white : tail black, more or 

 lefs marked with white: legs pale brown. Female with the fea- 

 thers at the end of the bill brown, and the black and yellow paler. 



Young bird with the crown grey, and without the fcarlet front 

 and chin. 



86. F. Spinus. Greenish-yellow, with dusky spots : quill- 

 feathers yellow in the middle, the first 4 immaculate : 

 tail-feathers yellow at the base, tipt with black. 



Siskin, Aberdevine. Br. Zeal. t. 53. Lewin t. 76. 



Length 4 inches 3 quarters : size of the linnet. 



Lill white, tipt with' black : crown black : rump yellowish : shoul- 

 ders with a broad yellow band : throat, breast and cheeks greenish- 

 yellow : belly whitish, with afev/ black marks : quills blackish, the 

 outer edges yellow : 2 middle tail-feathers black, the rest rich 

 yellow on the upper half and tipt with black : legs blackish. 



Female, head and back greenish-grey with brown marks : throat 

 and sides whitish. 



87. F. Linota. Chesnut-brown, beneath yellowish-brown: 

 wings with a longitudinal white band : tail-feathers 

 dusky with white edges. 



Linnet. Lewiu. t. 77. Albint.p.^i. IValcol t. 221. 

 Length 6 inches .- extent of wings about 10 inches. 

 Bill dusky: iris hazel: front dusky, with a few dull red fpots: 

 head and cheeks grey with paler lines : back dark chefnut, with 

 dusky fpots : throat and belly yellowish-white : breast more or less 

 blood red : vent white : outer-webs of the quills white nearly their 

 whole length : 2 middle tail-feathers bordered with dull red : legs 

 dark-brown. Female and young bird without the red on the breast, 

 which is marked with brown lines. Is probably only a. variety 

 of the next. 



