260 
PLacz, 
2. 
ARCTIC F, 
Description. 
FEMALE. 
PLACE. 
Reo TO NM TE: 
This is faid by Linneus to have come from Norland: defcribed 
by him from Raddeck’s paintings. We believe this fpecies to be 
confined to the zorthern regions, though not afcertained by the 
leaft hiftory, annexed to either of the fpecimens in the Britifh or 
Leverian Mufeums. 
Fringilla flaviroftris, Lin. Syf. i. p. 322. N° 27.—Faun, Suec. N° 239.—- 
Muller, N° 260.—Pall. Trav. ii. p. 710. N° 21~ ‘ 
Le Pingon brun, Brif- orn. iii. p. 154. B.—Buf. off. iv. p. 1216 
Artic Finch, 4r&. Zool. 
ILL yellow, like wax, with a brown tip: the male is wholly 
of an obfcure footy brown colour, paleft beneath: the breatt: 
feathers. have frequently the tips varied with garnet-colour:: 
quills and tail dufky, edged with grey; the laft fomewhat forked 
in fhape: legs black. 
The female inclines to brown: otherwife like the male. 
This fpecies is found in Norway *; and the north-eaft part of 
Sibiria, very common: in winter migrates to the fouthern parts,. 
frequenting inhabited parts, and is feen about barns, being a 
tame fpecies: it is frequent about the Jenifer in the fevereft part: 
of the winter, and. returns north earlier than the Szow Bunting, 
Not feen in Rufia. 
* Muller, He fays it is called in Norway, Graaelrrifh; in Sweden, Rifas 
Fringilla: 
