Clafs II. BRAMBLING. 307 



back of a deep tawny color ; the lower part and rump 

 green : the coverts on the very ridge of the wing 

 black and grey •, beneath them is a large white fpot : 

 the baftard wing and firfb greater coverts b'ack, the 

 reft tipt with white : the quil-feathers black ; their 

 exterior fides edged with pale yellow : their inner and 

 outward webs white on their lower part, fo as to form 

 a third white line acrofs the wing : the tail is black, 

 except the outmoft feather, which is marked oblique- 

 ly with a white line from top to bottom ; and the 

 next which has a white fpot on the end of the inner 

 web : the legs are dusky : the colors of the female 

 are very dull : it entirely wants the red on the breaft 

 and other parts : the head and upper part of the body 

 are of a dirty green : the belly and bread of a dirty 

 white : the wings and tail marked much like thofe of 

 the male, 



III. The BRAMBLING. 



Le Montain. Belan civ. 372. a<v . iii. 155. 



Montifringilla montana. Gefner PL enl. 54. f. 2. 



G>-u. 388. Fringilla montifringilla. Lin.fyji. 



Aldr. a<v. ii. 358. 3 l %- 



Fringuelio montanina. Olina 32. Norquint. Faun.Suec.fp. 233. 



Bramble, orBrambling. Wil.orn. Quaker, Bofinkens Hore-Unge, 



254. Akerian . Brunnicb 255. 



Mountain-finch. Raii fyn. a<v. Nicowitz, Meeker, Fiencken. 



88. Kram. 367. 



Le Pinion d'ardennes. Brijfon Br. Zoo/. 108. plate V. f. 4. 



f~Y~^ H I S bird is not very common in thefe ifiands ; 



*•■ and is chiefly found in the hilly parts. It is fu- Defer, 

 perior in fize to the chaffinch : the top of the head is 



of 



