Si FINCH. 



spots at the large end. The male is seldom found far from the nest. 

 This is ranked among our Singing Birds ; very pleasing to some, but 

 does not continue the whole year ;* for the most part they are com- 

 mon at all seasons, but in Sweden the males only stay, the females 

 migrating southward, returning in spring.f A disposition in the 

 two sexes to separate has been observed in this kingdom : as Mr. 

 VYhite says, that large flocks of Chaffinches, consisting of almost 

 all hens, appear towards Christinas in the fields about Selborne, in 

 Hampshire, remaining in this separated state during the winter. J 

 This species is expanded throughout Europe ; likewise met with on 

 the coast of Africa, and to the Cape of Good Hope ; also at Aleppo :§ 

 is less common in Spain, but a few are taken in their March flights 

 at Gibraltar, by the bird-catchers. 



A. — Fringilla alis et Cauda nigris, Bris. iii. 153. A. Id. Svo. i. 348. Buf. iv. 121. 

 Gen. Syn. iii. 258. 10. A. 



In this the head and neck are ash-colour ; cheeks brownish ; back 

 and scapulars brownish ash ; rump inclining to green ; under parts 

 of the body brownish flesh-colour ; lesser and greater wing coverts 

 white ; the middle, quills, and, tail black ; the two outer feathers of 

 the latter half way white on the outer margins. 



B.— Fringilla Candida, Bris. iii. 154. C. Id. 8vo. i. 349. 



This is wholly white. 



C. — Fringilla torquata, Bris. iii. 155. D. Id. Svo. i. 349. 



This has the crown of the head, and a collar round the neck both 

 white, the rest as in common. Other Varieties might be added, and 

 which no doubt have occurred to many persons, interested in such 

 researches. 



* Those of Essex most esteemed. — Barringt. Essays, f Amcen. Acad. iv. 595. No. 127. 



% See White's Hist. Selb. pp.37. 43. 99. 135. The migration of one sex is not confined 

 to this species : other birds will be mentioned in this work, whose manners coincide in this 

 particular. § Rus. Hist. Alep. p. 70. 



