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SNOW FINCH. 

 (Fringilla nivalis. ) 



Fr. nigra subtus nivea, remigibus secundarius rectricibusque albis. 

 Black Finch, beneath snowy white, secondary quills and tail- 

 feathers white. 



Fringilla nivalis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 321. 21. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 

 1. 911.— Bris. 3. 162. 39. t. 15./. 1. — Latk.Ind. Orn. 1. 440. 

 19. 



Pingon de neige, ou Niverolle. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois.4. 136. 

 Snow Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 204. 15. 



In length seven inches : beak black : head and 

 hind part of the neck ash-colour : back, scapulars, 

 and rump, grey brown, with pale margins : under 

 parts of the body snowy white ; wing-coverts the 

 same ; bastard wing, and greater quills, black ; 

 the two secondary quills nearest the body brown, 

 the rest of them white : thighs pale ash-colour : 

 upper tail-coverts black ; the two middle tail- 

 feathers the same, the rest white with black tips. 



This bird is very abundant in some parts of 

 France, and is pretty generally diffused over 

 Europe, but is not an inhabitant of this country : 

 is likewise found among the Caucassian and Per- 

 sian mountains, retiring to the plains in the au- 

 tumn, to avoid the inclemency of the approach- 

 ing season. 



