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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Serin jfincb. 



THE Serin Finch (Serinus hortuhinus^ Koch) is a rare 

 abnormal spring and autumn migrant to the British Islands. 

 It is a resident in most parts of Central and Southern 

 Europe. In Asia Minor it is plentiful, and it is also met 

 with in Palestine. The adult male in summer has the 

 general colour above, greenish-olive, with streaks of dark 

 brown ; forehead and cheeks, yellow, tinged on the latter 

 with green ; wings and rectrices, dusky, margined with pale 

 yellowish ; throat, breast, and rump, bright yellow ; middle 

 of abdomen, white ; flanks, streaked with dark brown ; 

 irides, dark brown ; bill, dark brown ; legs and feet, brown. 

 Length, about four inches. The adult female is duller in 

 colouration, and shows less yellow. The young resemble 

 the adult female, but the yellow is absent. 



