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SERIN FINCH. 

 (Fringilla Serinus.) 



Fr. subvirescens, mandibula inferiore albida, dorso lateribus jiisco 



maculatis, fascia alarum flava. 

 Greenish Finch, with the lower mandible whitish ; the sides of 



the back spotted with fuscous; and a yellow band on the 



wings. 

 Fringilla Serinus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 320. 17- — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 908. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 454. 69. 

 Serinus. Briss. 3. 179. 50. 

 Serin. Buff. PI. Enl. 658./. 1. 

 Serin Finch. Lath. Gen. Syst. 3. 296- 63. 



Length above four inches and a half: the 

 upper mandible of the beak grey brown, the un- 

 der whitish : the prevailing colour of the plumage 

 on the upper parts of the body brown, variegated 

 with yellowish green : under parts of a greenish 

 yellow, striped with longitudinal brown spots : 

 wings with a greenish band: quills brown, with 

 greenish grey borders : tail the same, and slightly 

 forked : legs brown. 



Is said by Scopoli to become gregarious in the 

 spring, frequenting orchards, frequently taking 

 sudden flights upwards, and, after fluttering and 

 warbling in the air for some time, alights with 

 expanded wings nearly on the same spot from 

 whence it arose : is fond of cabbage and hemp- 

 seed. Is a native of Italy, Austria, Turkey, and 

 the southern provinces of France. 



