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FRINGILLA CGELEBS. 



Syst. Nat. 318. 



THE CHAFFINCH. 



PLATE XXIII. 



X he bill is straight, sharp at the point, where it is 

 black. The base is of a yellowish horn colour. The eyes 

 are brown, the eye-lids pale. The forehead is black. 

 The crown of the head and hind part of the neck of a 

 bluish lead colour, which colour is extended down the 

 sides of the neck almost to the throat, where it ter- 

 minates in a point. The upper part of the back is a 

 red-brown, with a cast of olive. The lower part to- 

 wards the tail a yellow -green. 



The first quill feathers of the wing are black, with 

 the extreme edges light-coloured. The second quills 

 are also black, having the edges green. The tips of 

 the larger coverts are white. The lesser wholly white, 

 which form two elegant bars of white on the extended 

 wing. 



The throat, breast, shoulders, and cheeks, are of a 

 pleasant red-brown. The belly and coverts under the 

 tail are white. 



The two middle feathers of the tail are of a dusky 

 ash-colour, with green edges. The two outmost on 

 each side partly white, all the rest are black. 



In the hen, the head and breast are of a dull olive 

 colour, and her colours in general are obscure and dull, 

 in comparison of those of the cock. 



