FRINGILLA 309 



$ ad. (Azores). Upper parts pale slate-blue, the crown darker ; a 

 tolerably broad blackish slate frontal band ; back, rump, and upper tail - 

 coverts apple-green, otherwise not differing from F. tintillon. Culmen 0'65, 

 wing 3*3, tail 2*82, tarsus 0'85 inch. The female is undistinguishable from 

 that of F. tintillon. 



Hob. Azores. 



In habits it does not differ from its near allies, and I do not 

 find any information as to whether there is any difference in its 

 note or song. Its nest is built of moss, lined with wool, and is 

 not so neatly made as that of F. ccelebs. The eggs 4 to 5 in 

 number closely resemble the ordinary type of those of F. ccelebs, 

 but are, if anything, a trifle paler. 



454. SUBSP. FRINGILLA PALM^E. 



Fringilla palmce, Tristram, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, iii. p. 48& 

 (1889) ; Meade Waldo, Ibis. 1890, pi. iii. ; Dresser, ix. p. 188, pi. 674 ; 

 Fringilla ccerulescens, Koenig, J. f. 0. 1889, p. 183, Tab. vii. 

 <J ad. (Palma). Differs from F. tintillon in having the upper parts 

 uniform plumbeous or slate-blue, there being no green on the back 

 or rump, and the abdomen is pure white, not ochreous buff. Cul- 

 men 0*65, wing 3'55, tail 3'15, tarsus 0'95 inch. The female resembles 

 that of F. tintillon, but has the upper parts somewhat duller and paler , 

 and the abdomen is pure white, not buffy white. 



Hob. The island of Palma, one of the Canary group. 



It inhabits the laurel-groves as well as the pine- and chest- 

 nut-woods, and is said to differ both in its call-note and song 

 from the Canarian bird, the former resembling the syllables 

 chiri-cMri, chiri-chiri. In its habits and nidification it does 

 not otherwise differ from F. tintillon, and its eggs are un- 

 distinguishable from pale varieties of those of that species. 



455. ALGERIAN CHAFFINCH. 

 FRINGILLA SPODIOGENYS. 



Fringilla spodiogenys, Bp. Eev. Zool. 1841, p. 146 ; Dresser, iv. p. 13, 

 pi. 183, figs. 2, 3 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 177 ; Fr. africana, 

 Levaill jun. Expl. Scient. de PAlger. Atlas, Ois. pi. 7, figs. 1, IA 

 (1850). 



ad. (Algeria). Differs from F. ccelebs in having the head, the sides 

 of neck and the face rich lead-blue, the middle of the back and the rump 

 apple-green, the upper tail-coverts and scapulars lead-blue, and the under 

 parts pale reddish brown, tinged with pale rose, fading on the abdomen to 

 white, washed with brownish rose ; flanks pale slate-grey ; under wing 



