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we feldom fee them wholly white •, but Urinous tells 

 us, that in Lapland, &c. in the winter, they afliime 

 the color of the fnow, from whence their name ; that 

 they fit on the ground, feed on oats, wake in the night, 

 and are a delicious food. 



V. The LESSER BRAMBLING. 



Lefler Mountain-finch, or Bram- Morton Northampt. 423. tab. 13, 

 bling. Wil.orn.25s. fig. 3. 



Br. Zoo/. 113. 



WE are obliged to borrow the following defcrip- 

 tion from the account Mr. Johnfon trans- 

 mitted to Mr. Ray •, having never feen the bird. Mr, 

 Ray fufpecled that it was only a variety of the 

 former, but Mr. Morton, having frequent oppor- 

 tunity of examining this fpecies, proves it to be a 

 diftinct kind. 



According to Mr. Johnfon, its bill is fhort, thick, 

 and ftrong ; black at the point, the reft yellow. The 

 forehead is of a dark cheftnut ; the hind part of the 

 head and cheeks of a lighter 5 the hind part of the 

 neck, and the back are afh- colored ; the latter more 

 fpotted with black ; the throat is white : the bread 

 and belly waved with flame color ; at the fetting on 

 of the wing grey •, the five firft feathers are of a 

 blackifh brown, the reft white with the point of each 

 darned with brown: the three outmoft feathers of 

 the tail are white ; the reft dark brown ; the feec 

 black ; the hind claw as low again as any of the reft. 

 4 The 



Defer. 



