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O R D. III. GEN. VI. F I N G H. 



SPE. IV. BRAMBLE FINCH. 

 PI- 74- 



Fririgilla Montifringilla. Lin. Syft. I. p. 3 1 8. 

 Le Pinfon d'Ardennes. Brif. Orn. III. p. 155. 



The beak of this fpecies is yellovviih, with the tip black: top of the head, 

 hind part of the neck, and back, black; ends of the feathers edged with orange 

 colour : throat black : fore part of the neck and bread dull orange : fhoulder 

 orange, with broad white edges to the feathers next the lefs wing coverts, which 

 are black, with pale orange coloured ends : greater coverts black, tipped with 

 orange, the outer webs edged with a fine yellow : quill feathers duiky black : tail 

 black, and a little forked ; the exterior edge of the outmoft feathers is white, 

 the others are edged with grey : the legs are brownifh. 



The female is dulky brown, with pale yellow edges to the feathers, and has 

 not the rich orange or yellow colour that is in the male : likewife the bill is 

 horn colour. 



Thefe birds vifit England in large flights, in fevere winters, and mix with the 

 Chaffinches. They are common to fome parts of France and Germany, and 

 are faid to build in fir trees, and to lay four or five eggs, of a yellowiih colour, 

 fpotted. 



