CHAFFINCH. 



507 



INSESSORE& 



THE CHAFFINCH. 



Frinyilla ccelebs. 



ca>lef>s, The C/uiffinc/i, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 452. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 191. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 83. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 303. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 133. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 



Gros-bec pinson, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 357. 



FRINGILLA. Generic Cliaractcrs. Beak straight, longer than deep, conic and 

 pointed; mandibles nearly equal, cutting edges entire, forming a straight com- 

 missure. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly hidden by the frontal plumes. Wings 

 with the first quill-feather longer than the fifth, but a little shorter than the 



