298 : . AVES. _ 
‘7 » Pynerra, Cuy.(1) 
In the Sparrows proper the beak is shorter than in the preceding 
birds, conical, and merely a little conyex near the point. 
Fringilla domestica, Enl. 6, 13; Naum. 115. (The Common 
Sparrow.) Builds in holes of walls, and infests inhabited places. 
by its audacity and voracity. Brown, spotted with black above, 
grey underneath; a whitish band on the wing; sides of the calotte 
red in the male; his throat black. 
There is a species, or a variety, in Italy, of which the male’s 
head is entirely chesnut colour—/Y. cisalpina, Tem.; Fr. Jtaliz, 
Vieill. Galer. 68. The black on the throat sometimes extends 
to the breastsit is then the Fr. hispaniolensis. 
Fr. montana; Le Friquet; Enl. 267, 1; Naum. 116, 1,2. The 
Mountain Linnet remains further from our habitations. It has 
two white bands on the wing, a red calotte and the side of the 
head white with a black spot.(2) © i 
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F'RINGILLA, Cuv. 
The beak of the Finches is somewhat less arcuated than that of tse 
Sparrows, a little stronger and longer than in the Linnets. "Their 
manners are more lively, and their song more varied than | those of 
the former. There are three species in France. "elie 
Fring. celebs, L.; Pincon ordinaire; Enl. 54, 1 ; Naum. 118. 
(The Chaffinch.) Brown above; beneath, a vinous-red in the 
"male, greyish in the female; two white bands on the wings some 
white on the sides of the tail. Feeds on all sorts of pratt and 
builds indiscriminately on all kinds of trees. 
Fring. montifringilla, L.; Pincon de montagne; Enl. 54) 2y 
Naum. 119. (The Mout tis Finch.) Black, mottled with fawn 
colour above; fawn coloured breast; under part of the wing of 
a beautiful lemon. This bird, which varies greatly, builds in the 
thickest forests, and never visits the plains till winter. 
Pring. nivalis, L.; Niverolle; Briss. III, xv, 1; Naum. 117. | 
“() Pyrgita, the Greek name for the Domestic Finch. . 
(2) The Hambouwreux, Buff. (Loxia hamburgia, Gm.) is merely the Friquet, dis- 
figured by Albin., Ois. III, pl. 24. 
We should add to the ordinary Sparrows, the birds that have been scattered 
about by naturalists as follows, viz. Fringilla arcuata, Enl. 230, fig. 1, where it is — 
much too red; its true tints are those of the Sparrows;—F’r. crucigera, Tem. 269;— 
Emberiza capensis, c, Eni. 389, 2 and g, Enl. 664, 2;—Tanagra silens, Enl. om 
of which Vieill. has made his genus ARREMON, Gal. 78;—F ring. elegans, Enl. 205, 
1, Vieill. Gal. 64;e-Le pape, Emberiza iris, Enl. 159, which forms the genus Pas- 
sEninA, Vicill., Gal. 66;—Lowia oryx, Enl. 6, 2;—Loz. ignicolor, Vieill. Ois. Chant.; 
59;—Loxia dohanoste, Enl. 55, 2, and the other species, Enl. 103;—Fringilla 
