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GKANIVOEJ^. 
Family FRINGILLID^. f Bonaparte.) 
Genus Fringilla. f Linnceus.J 
SNOW FINCH. 
Fringilla nivalis. 
Fringilla nivalis, 
“ saxatilis, 
Passer alpicola, 
Plectrophanes frinyilloides , 
Chlorospiza nivalis, 
Montifringilla nivalis, 
Pinson de Neige des Alpes, 
Alpen Schneejink, 
Beisson. 
Koch. 
Pallas. 
Boie. 
Kaup. 
Brehm. Bonaparte. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
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Specific Characters . — Wing coverts, tlie chief part of the 
secondary quills, and all the tail feathers with the exception of 
the two middle ones of a pure white. Length six inches and 
two fifths. 
The Snow Fincli is an inhabitant of the highest 
mountains of Southern Europe, namely, — Switzerland, 
south of France, the Pyrenees, the Appenines, and the 
Caucasus. It is found also in the Tyrolese Alps, and 
occasionally, while on its passage to the north, in 
Thuringia and Anhalt. In the north of Europe it 
is rare. It has, however, been taken in Sweden ac- 
