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GKANIVOR^E. 



Family FRINGILLlDuF. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Fringilla. (Linnceus.) 



SNOW FINCH. 



Fringilla nivalis. 



Fringilla nivalis, Bkisson. 



" saxatilis, Koch. 



Passer alpicola, Pallas. 



Plectrophanes fringilloides, Boie. 



Chlorospiza nivalis, Kaup. 



Montifringilla nivalis, Brehm. Bonapaete. 



Pinson de Neige des Alpes, Of the Feench. 



Alpen Schneefink, Op the Geemans. 



Specific Characters. — Wing coverts, the chief part of the 

 secondary quills, and all the tail feathers with the exception of 

 the two middle ones of a pure white. Length six inches and 

 two fifths. 



The Snow Finch, is an inhabitant of the highest 

 mountains of Southern Europe, namely, — Switzerland, 

 south of France, the Pyrenees, the Appenines, and the 

 Caucasus. It is found also in the Tyrolese Alps, and 

 occasionally, while on its passage to the north, in 

 Thuringia and Anhalt. In the north of Europe it 

 is rare. It has, however, heen taken in Sweden ac- 



