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FEINGILLA MONTIFEINGILLA. 



(BRAMBLING.) 



Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 318 (1766). 



Fringilla lulensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 318 (1766, ex Briss.). 



Fringilla flammea, Beseke, Vog. Kurl. p. 79 (1822). 



Struthus montifringilla, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 323. 



Fringilla septentrionalis, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 274 (1831). 



Fringilla media, Jaubert, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. v. p. 117 (1853). 



Brambling, Bramble, Bramble-Finch, Mountain-Finch, English ; Pinson a" Ardennes, French ; 

 Peppola, Italian .; Pinzuni varvariscu, Sicilian ; Pinzon montanes, Spanish ; Tentilhao 

 montez, Portuguese; Spunsun selvag, Maltese; Bergfink, German; Keep, Bergvink, 

 Dutch ; Bergfink, Norrgvint, Swedish ; Bjergfinke, Norwegian ; Kvceker, Kvwkerfinke, 

 Norske Bogfinke, Danish ; Harkapeippo, Finnish. 



Figurce notabiles. 



Naum. Vog. Deutschl. v. Taf. 119; Gould, B. of Eur. iii. pi. 188; Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 465; 

 KJEerb. Orn. Dan. Afb. xxvii. p. 2; Schl. Vog. Nederl. pi. 166; Gould, B. of Gt. Brit, 

 part ii.; Fritsch,V6g. Eur. Taf. 25. figs. 13. 14. 



cj (EStiv. supra nigerrinms, purpureo nitens, plumis ad basin albis : scapularibus cum dorso postico et uropygio 

 pure albis, illis aurantiaco tinctis : tectricibus supracaudalibus cinereis nigro variegatis : tectricibus 

 alarum minimis aurantiaco-fulvis, medianis albis, majoribus nitide nigris, his dorsalibus aurantiaco 

 terminatis : tectricibus primariarum brunneis vix flavido marginatis : remigibus brunneis, extiis ad basin 

 imam albis, vel ilavicantibus, fasciam transalarem formantibus, primariis secundariisque extiis flavido 

 plus minusve distincte marginatis : Cauda brunnea, pennis duabus centrahbus cinereo lavatis, rectrice 

 extima, ad basin pogonii externi et ad apicem pogonii interni alba : facie tota laterafi nigra pileo con- 

 colori : subtiis albicans, gutture imo et pectore summo aurantiacis : hypochondriis maculis parvis nigris 

 rotundatis ornatis : subcaudalibus albis aurantiaco lavatis : subalaribus intimis laete citrinis, extimis albis : 

 rostro indigotico : pedibus rubro-brunneis : iride saturate brunnea. 



3 hiem. similis ptilosi sestivse sed supra fulvescens nee niger : tectricibus alarum et secundariis magis conspicue 

 aurantiaco marginatis : rostro lsete flavicante, versus apicem nigro : pedibus flavicanti-corneis. 



2 mari fere similis sed sordidior : capite brunneo fulvo obscuro : macula parva, mystacab nigricante : facie 

 laterab brunnea, colli lateribus pallide canis : pectore antico pallide aurantiaco rubro. 



Male in breeding-plumage. Upper surface of the body glossy blue-black, the bases to the feathers white, 

 showing occasionally and more especially on the nape ; lower part of the back and rump white, slightly 

 varied here and there with black ; upper tail-coverts ashy grey, irregularly marked with black ; least 

 wing-coverts orange, forming a conspicuous patch at the top of the wing ; median coverts tipped with 

 white, forming a bar across the wing; greater coverts black, slightly tipped with white and marked 



