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no song, and its usual note is similar in tone to that of the 
former, but rather shriller. 
It is plentiful in France, and other parts of the Continent, 
extending its range southward to Spain and Italy. 
Pirate 55. Fig. 2. Natural size. 
Crown of the head, and nape of the neck deep chesnut-brown, Genera! 
descrip 
with a tinge of grey. Space between the bill and eyes, ,- 
bes} grey p y > flon. 
spot behind the ear, throat, and under part of the neck 
black. Sides of the neck, and collar on the nape of the 
same, white. Under parts greyish-white. Upper part 
of the back having one web of the feathers black, and 
the other pale chesnut, inclinmg to yellowish-brown. 
Wing-coverts chesnut-brown, with the ups of the greater 
and the lower row of the lesser ones white, and forming 
two bars across the wings. Quills and secondaries black- 
ish-brown, margined with yeilowish-brown. Lower part 
of the back, and rump yellowish-grey. ‘Vail hair-brown 
margined paler. Legs pale or wood-brown. 
SECTION II. 
Bill straight, and perfectly conical ; more or less short. 
¥ Chafiinch.—Fringilla ccelebs, Linn. 
PLATE 54, Fig. 6, 1. 
Fringilla coelebs, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 318.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 901. sp. 5.—Lath. 
Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 437. 12.— Rais, Syn. p. 88. 16. A.— Will. p. 186. t. 45. 
f. 4. Briss. 3. p. 184. 36. 
Le Pinson, Buff: Ois. v. 4. p. 109. t. 4.—Zd. Pl. Enl. 54. f. 1. the male. 
Gros-Bec Pinson, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. y. 1. p. 357. 
Gemeine Fink, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 75.—Meyer, Tasschenb. 
Deut. v. 1. p. 150.—Id. Vég. Deut. vy. 1. f. 1. and 2. male and female in 
spring plumage.—F'risch. t. 1. f. 1. 
Scheld Fink, Sepp. Nederl. Vog. p. 141. 
Chaffinch, Br. Zool. 1. No. 125.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 381. F.— Will. (Angl.) 
p: 253. 45,—Albin, 1. t. 63.--Lath. Syn. 3. p. 259. 10.—Id. Supp. p. 165. 
