3 o6 CHAFFINCH. Ciafs II, 



II. The CHAFFINCH. 



Le Pinfon. Belon a<v. 37 \. PL en!. 54. f. 1. 



Frir.^ilh. Gefner a<v. 337. Frinoilla coelebs. Lin.fyfl. 3 ) 8. 



Aldr. a<v. ii. 356. Fincke, Bofincke. Faun. Suec.jp. 



Qiir,a, 31. 23Z. 



JF//. om. 253. Finke. .Kr«w. 367. 



Raiifyn. az/.'SB. Eofinke. £r. 253. 



Fringuello. Ziwn.dx. Br.Zool. ic8. plate V. f. 2. 3. 



LePinjon. BriJJ'on a<v. 148. 



/ T~ V HIS fpecies entertains us agreeably with its 

 -** fong very early in the year -, but towards the 

 latter end of fummer afliimes a chirping note : both 

 fexes continue with us the whole year. What is very 

 fingular in Sweden, the females quit that country in 

 September, migrating in flocks into Holland, leaving 

 their mates behind •, in the fpring they return * : their 

 neft is almoft as elegantly conftrucled as that of 

 the goldfinch, and of much the fame materials, only 

 the infide has the addition of fome large feathers. 

 They lay four or five eggs, of dull white color, tinged 

 and fpotted with deep purple. 

 Defer. The bill is of a pale blue, the tip ; black : the 

 feathers on the forehead black : the crown of the 

 head, the hind part and the fides of the neck are of a 

 bluifh grey : the fpace above the eyes, the cheeks, 

 throat and forepart of the neck are red : the fides and 

 bdly white, tinged with red : the upper part of the 



* Ainzn, acad. ii. 42. iv. 595s 



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