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white on the coverts next the scapularies; secon- 

 dary coverts black, tipt with yellowish white; so 

 that, when the wings are closed, two bars of white 

 are seen. 



The lower white bar, in some places, is tinged 

 with gamboge-yellow; primary quills, greyish 

 black, edged with bright sulphur-yellow, slightly 

 tipt with dingy yellowish- white at their points; tail^ 

 greyish black, outer feathers of it obliquely mar- 

 gined with snow-white, the white extending broad 

 at the base; outer web of the exterior feather wholly 

 white; legs and feet a tint between yellowish- 

 bro^vn, and pale hair-brown. The female, on the 

 upper parts, is of a dingy hair-brosvn, inclining to 

 pale oil-green; breast and lower parts, dull yel- 

 lowish white, inclining to Avine yellow, and pass- 

 ing into wood-bro^vn; her wings, like those of the 

 male, are also barred mth white, but less broad 

 and less brilliant. 



; The chaffinch is a lively bird^ tripping lightly 

 along the ground on half-spread wings, continually 

 in motion, rarely perching or sitting, except when. 

 at rest for the night. 



