444 BRAMBLE FINCH. 



Selbourn, that flocks of females are occasionally 

 seen near Christchurch in Hampshire, which most 

 probably came from some northern country. This 

 species is found throughout Europe, and many 

 parts of Africa. It is called by various names 

 in this country, such as White-linnet, Flax-finch, 

 Beech-finch, Horse-finch, Pink, Twink, Spink, &c. 



BRAMBLE FINCH. 



(Fringilla montifringilla.) 



Fr. nigra pennis rufo marginatis, siibtcs uropygioque alba, jugulo 

 pectoreque ritfescentibus, rectricibus lateralibus nigricantibus, 

 extus albo marginatis. 



Black Finch, with the feathers margined with rufous; beneath 

 and vent white ; jugulum and breast rufescent; the lateral tail- 

 feathers blackish, externally margined with white. 



Fringilla montifringilla. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.318. 4. — 'Lin. Faun. 

 Suec. 233.— Gmtl. Syst. Nat. 1. 902. — Bris. 3. 155 — Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. I. 439. 17. 



Le Pincon d 1 Ardennes. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 124.— Buff. PL 

 Enl. 54./. 2. 



Brambling, Mountain Finch. Penn. Brit. Z'ool. 126. — Penn. Arct. 

 Zool. 2. 381. f.. — Albin. 3. 64. — Lewin. Brit. Birds. 2. 80.— 

 Mont. Brit. Birds. 1. — Bevcick. Brit. Birds. 163. — Lath. Gen. 

 Syn. 3. 2^1. 13. 



Length rather more than six inches : beak yel- 

 low, tipped with black : irides hazel: the feathers 

 of the head, neck, and back, black, edged with 

 rusty brown : sides of the neck, above the wings, 

 blueish ash : throat, fore-part of the neck, and 

 breast, pale orange : belly and rump white : 



