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BRAMBLE FINCH. 



Selbourn, that flocks of females are occasionally 

 seen near Christchurch in Hampshire, which most 

 probably came from some northern country* This 

 species is found throughout Europe, and many 

 parts of Africa. It is called by various names 

 in this country, such as White-linnet, Flax-finch, 

 Beech-finch, Horse-finch, Pink, Twink, Spink, &c* 



BRAMBLE FINCH. 

 (Fringilla montifringilla.) 



Fr. nigra pennis rufo marginatis, subtus uropygioque alba, jugulo 

 pectoreque rufescentibus, redricibus lateralibus nigricantibus, 

 extus albo marginatis. 



Black Finch, with the feathers margined with rufous; beneath 

 and vent white ; jugulum and breast rufescent; the lateral tail- 

 feathers blackish, externally margined with white. 



Fringilla montifringilla. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 318. 4. — Lin. Faun. 

 Suec. 233. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. Q02. — Bris. 3. 155. — Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. 1. 439- 17 . 



Le Pincon d' Ardennes. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 124.— Buff. PL 

 Enl. 54. /. 2. 



Brambling, Mountain Finch. Penn. Brit. Zool. 120. — Penn. Arct, 

 Zool. 2. 381. e. — Albin. 3. 64* — Letvin. Brit. Birds. 2. 80. — 

 Mont. Brit. Birds. 1. — Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1(53. — Lath. Gen. 

 Syn. 3. 261. 13. 



Length rather more than six inches : beak yel- 

 low, tipped with black : irides hazel: the feathers 

 of the head, neck, and back, black, edged with 

 rusty brown : sides of the neck, above the wings, 

 blueish ash : throat, fore-part of the neck, and 

 breast, pale orange : belly and rump white : 



