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^Pi&Lcj/z-Oj ne Chaffinch Fringilla. 



^j3^ Numb. LXm. 



ITS Weight is fourteen Drams ; Length from the End of the Bill to the End of the 

 Tail, is fix Inches, Breadth between the Wings when extended is ten Inches j its Bill 

 is Iharp, ftrong, white underneath, above and towards the Tip dusky, the lower Chap 

 equal in Length to the upper, the Tongue cloven and rough, the Irides of the Eyes Ha- 

 zel coloured, and the Ears great. 



The Head in the Cock is blue, but the Feathers contiguous to the Noftrils black j the 

 Back is redifh, with a Mixture of afli Colour or green, the Breaft red, and the Belly un- 

 der the Tail white. 



The Colours of the Hen are not fo bright and lively ; its Rump is green, the Back 

 not fo red, and the Belly from red, inclines to a dirty kind of green ; the Breaft is alfo 

 of a duller Colour. 



The quill Feathers in each Wing are in Number eighteen, and all but the three firft 

 or outermoft have their Bottoms and interior Webs white, their exterior Edges yellow- 

 i{h, or rather green. In the Cock the fmall Feathers invefting the Ridge or Bafis of the 

 Wing are blue, above in each Wing is a remarkable white Spot ; then after an Interftic^ 

 of black, ihcceeds a long white Fillet, beginning from the fourth Quill, and after the 

 tenth, continued thro' the Tops of the covert Feathers : That Part of this Fillet which 

 paffes through the Tips of the Coverts is tinftured with yellow. 



The Tail is two Inches and a half long, and made up oftwelveFeathers, of which the 

 outermoft on each Side have their Bottoms,and alfo their Tops on the outfide the ftiaft black, 

 their middle Part white, and the next to thefe lefs white, wz. only near the Top, and 

 on the outfide the ftiaft ; the three fubfequent on both Sides are black, and the two 

 middlemoft cinereous with greenifli Edges. 



The Liver is divided into two Lobes, the right being the biggeft, the Stomach not very 

 flefliy j and the outermoft Toe in each Foot, as in other fmall Birds, grows to the middle- 

 moft at Bottom. 



This Bird varies in its Colours; for Gejher affirms, that himfelf had feen a Chaffi?icb 

 all over white, and Aldrovandiis defcribes one whofe whole Body from white declined to 

 yellow, and another that was partly yellowifti, and partly black. They build in the 

 Side of a Tree, and make their Neft of green Mofs, fmall Sticks, and Horfe Hair, lays 

 lix or feven Eggs, and breeds two or three Times a Year 3 is a hardy Bird, feeding on 

 any kind of Seeds, and foretelling wet Weather. 



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