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O R D. III. G E N. VI. FINCH. 



SPE. III. CHAFFINCH. 



PI. 73 . 



Fringilla Coelebs. Lin. Syft. I. p. 3 1 8. 

 La Pincon. Br if. Orn. III. p. 148. 



The bill of this fpecies is bluifh : top of the head greenilh grey : back of 

 the neck, and fide of the throat, light blue grey : cheeks, throat, and breaft, of 

 a chefnut red : belly dirty white : back greenifh brown : rump yellowifh green : 

 fhoulders white ; lefs wing coverts black, tipped with white, which forms a 

 broad band on the wing : greater wing coverts black, edged with a rich yel- 

 low : quills dull black, the outer webs of them yellow : tail black : legs red- 

 difh brown. 



The female differs in colouring from the male in not having any red on the 

 breaft and cheeks, or any grey on the head and neck. 



This is a fly bird, not eafily taken by traps, or nets, except in the pairing feafon. 

 It feeds on feeds and ripe fruit, and is very troublefome in gardens, which are its 

 ufual refort for food. It makes a neft in May, generally in a white-thorn 'bufh, 

 and lays four or five eggs. Its fong is fhort, but cheerful, and makes feme 

 amends for the ravages it commits. It fings early in March, and is a pleafing 

 harbinger of fpring. 



For the egg fee PI. XVII. Fig. 2. 



