68 MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



The wings extend to the width of about ten inches; their 

 feathers are marked as in the male, but the dark parts are 

 blackish brown. The tail has the two middle feathers grey. 

 All the colours in the female are less pure than in the male, 

 and clouded with dull brown. 



The young are described as resembling the adult female; 

 the black of the head, back, and wings being tinged with 

 brown. Individuals have been met with either wholly white, 

 or with patches of that colour. 



In the carefully compiled and valuable 'Account of the 

 Birds found in Norfolk,' by John Henry Grurney, Esq., and 

 William Richard Fisher, Esq., there is an account and figure 

 of a very beautiful variety of the Mountain Finch, described 

 as follows: With the exception of a brown patch on one 

 or two feathers of one side of the tail, this specimen was 

 entirely white; the greater part of its plumage being also 

 pervaded with an elegant tint of yellow, which particularly 

 spread itself on the sides of the head, and on the edges of 

 the quill feathers of the wings and tail, as well as on the 

 feathers under the wing. The colour of these latter, which 

 is usually yellow, was remarkably bright in this specimen, 

 and extended over a greater space than usual. 



