BRITISH BIRDS. 



26l 



THE SISKIN. 



ABERDEVINE. 



(Fringilla Sphms, Linn. Gros-bec tar in, Temm.) 



LENGTH nearly five inches. Bill white; eyes 

 black; top of the head and throat black; over 

 each eye there is a pale yellow streak; back of the 

 neck and the back yellowish olive, marked with 

 narrow dusky streaks down the middle of each 

 feather; rump yellow; under parts greenish yellowy 

 palest on the breast ; thighs grey, marked with 

 dusky streaks ; greater wing coverts pale yellowish 

 green, tipped with black; quills dusky, faintly 

 edged with yellow, the outer web of each at the 

 base fine pale yellow, forming, when the wing 

 is closed, an irregular bar across it; the tail is 

 forked, the middle feathers black, with faint edges, 

 the outer ones yellow, with black tips; legs pale 

 brow T n ; claws white. 



The foregoing figure and description were taken 

 from one which was caught on the banks of the 



