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FRINGILLIDJE. 



Sp, 1. Pa. domesticus. 



Fringilla domestica. Steph. v. ix. p. 429. pi. 64. 1. — Bri- 

 tain and Europe. 



Sp. 2. Pa. montanus. 



Fringilla montana. Steph. v. hi. p. 432. pi. 64. f 2. — Britain 

 and Europe. 

 Sp. 3. Pa. CisaJpina. 



Vk. fascia vertice, nucha, dorsoque supremo castaneis; malis albis. 

 Brown Sparrow witli the crown, nape, and upper part of the back 



chesnut^ the cheeks white. 

 Fringilla Cisalpina. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. 35 1. — Cisalpine 



Sparrow. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. yi. p. 49. 



Inhabits alpine countries of Europe. The top 

 of the head, the nape, and the upper parts of the 

 back are light chesnut : the feathers being tipped 

 with fine rufous, when recently moulted : the cheeks 

 white : in other respects similar to the common spe- 

 cies. The female differs from the female of P. do- 

 mestica in having the crown and nape brown ; the 

 band above and behind the eyes rufous-white. 



Sp. 4. Pa. H i span iolen sis. 



Pa. supra nigra, pennis rufo-marginatis ; vertice nuchaque sa- 

 turate castaneis ; superciliis malisque albis ; guld, collo antice 

 cinguloque pectorali Jiigris; ventre alba. 



Sparrow above black, with the edges of the feathers rufous ; the 

 crown and nape deep chesnut ; the eyebrows and dheeks white ; 

 the throat, neck in front, and belt on the breast black ; the 

 belly white. 



Fringilla Hispaniolensis. Temm, Man. d*Orn. 2 Edit, ii. 353. — 

 Spanish Sparrow. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. \i.p. 50. 



Inhabits the south of Europe. Body above black, 

 the feathers margined with yellowish-rufous : crown 



