BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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Cbaffincb. 



THE Chaffinch (Fringilla ccelebs, Linnaeus), which is a 

 resident species in the British Isles, is also found in most 

 parts of Europe, but is rarely met with in North-Western 

 Africa. The adult male in summer has the forehead black; 

 crown and nape, slaty grey ; back, reddish-brown ; rump, 

 sap-green ; scapulars, grey, tipped with brownish ; quills, 

 dusky, with narrow margins of white; lesser and median 

 wing-coverts, white; greater coverts, blackish, with broad 

 white tips ; central tail-feathers, grey ; remainder, dark 

 brown ; two outermost rectrices on either side, white on the 

 inner margins ; sides of head, and lower part of plumage, 

 reddish-brown, shading into white on abdomen; bill, 

 dusky; irides, hazel; legs, dull brown. Length, about six 

 inches. The female's head and back are olive-brown ; 

 cheeks, throat, and breast, pale yellowish-grey. 



