FRINGILLA CALEBS* 



CHAFFINCH. 



Generic Character. See Fringilla domeftica. 

 Synonyms. 



Fringilla celebs. Lin Syjl. 1. p. 318. 3. Ind. 



Orn. 1. p. 437. 12. 

 Chaffinch. Br. Zool. 1. 125. 3. fol. 108. tab. 5. 



fig, 2, 3. Arcl. Zsol. 2. p. 381. F. 



Xfl/ib. 3 -p. 257. 10. lb. JupU 



p. 165. M?«/. Ora. D/#. 1. 



BewicUs Br. Birds, Ft. 1. p. 178. 



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JL H E Chaffinch weighs nearly an ounce, is five inches 

 in length and nine in breadth ; the female is rather fmaller, 

 and weighs two drams lefs than the male, her colours are 

 confiderably duller, the upper parts are generally of a dull 

 olive green, the breaft very duflcy white ; the white marking 

 on the wings are alike in both fexes. 



Few birds are more generally known than the prefent, as 

 its haunts are generally confined to the vicinity of our habi- 

 tations ; it is ufually efteemed a very unwelcome gueft in 

 gardens, feeding on mod kinds of feeds and fruit ; it is parti- 

 cularly injurious to our cherry orchards, as it greedily devours 

 the fruit in all ftages, from the time it fets till it ripens ; in 

 winter it affociates with its affinities in the farm-yard, where 

 it picks up fuch feed as may be fcattered by the flail ; in 



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