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CHAP. 



tospiza,Lophospingus,an(i Tiaris have fine crests; Catamblyrliynchus 

 exhibits stiff crown-feathers. The feet are usually dull, but occa- 

 sionally pinkish, as in Embernagra and Pycnorhamphus ; the bill 

 may be blackish, yellowish, dusky, or even red, as in Cardinalis 

 (except one form). Of British species, the Greenfinch (Ligurinus 

 Moris), the Goldfinch (Carduelis elegans), the Sparrow (Passer 

 domesticus), the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs\ the Brambling (F. 

 montifringilld), the Linnet (Linota canndbina), the Eedpoll 

 (Aegiothus rufescens\ the Bullfinch (Pyrrhula europaed), the 



FIG. 143. House-Sparrow. Passer domesticus. x f . (From English 

 Illustrated Magazine. ) 



Reed -Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), the Corn -Bunting (E. 

 miliarid), and the Yellow Hammer (E. citrinelld) hardly need 

 description ; while several others occur more rarely in our islands 

 or breed with us in limited numbers, such as the Hawfinch 

 (Coccothraustes vulgaris), which is bay, black and white ; the 

 Siskin -(Chrysomitris spinus) and the Serin (Serinus Jiortulanus), 

 which are chiefly greenish -yellow ; the Pine-Grosbeak (PyrrJiula 

 enucleator) and the Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), which are 

 mainly red in the adult male, and respectively yellow and 

 greenish-orange in the female ; the Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza 

 hortulana), which is brown, green, and yellow ; and the Snow- 

 Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), with its black, chestnut, and 



