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ARCTIC FINCH. 

 (Fringilla flavirostris.) 



Fr. Jitsca : rostro-ftavicante, pennis pectoris apice roseis, cauda 



snbforcipata. 

 Fuscous Finch, with a yellowish beak ; feathers of the breast 



tipped with rose-colour ; tail slightly forked. 

 Fringilla flavirostris. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 322. 27. — Lin. Faun. 



Suec. 239. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 915. — Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 



438. 16. 

 Fringilla fusca. Bris. 3. 154. b. 

 Le Ping on brun. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 121. 

 Arctic Finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 379- A « — Lath. Gen. Syn. 



3. 260. 12. 



Of this species the male is entirely of an ob- 

 scure sooty colour ; paler beneath : the feathers 

 on the breast frequently having the tips varied 

 with a garnet colour : quills and tail dusky, edged 

 with grey ; the latter forked : legs black : female 

 brown, in other respects similar to the male : beak 

 in both sexes yellow, with a brown tip. This bird 

 inhabits Norway and the north-east of Siberia, 

 and is generally seen about barns. 



v. ix. p. 11. 35 



