SNOW BIRD. 
This delicate bird is the Avis Nivalis, of 
Linnsus; the Fringiila Nivalis, of Brissoii, 
and Gmeiin; Le Pinson de Niege, or La Ni- 
verdlle, of BafFon; the Snow Bird of Ed- 
wards; and the Snow Finch, or Snov/ Bird, 
of most other naturalists. 
It is remarked by Edwards, whose figure we 
have copied,- that this bird agrees, exactly, in. 
size and shape, with our Great Pycd Moun- 
jtain Finch, or Brambling; [Montifringiila 
Major:] of which genus, he asserts, it is cer- 
tainly another species; if it be not that very 
individual species itself, changed to this white 
:olour by the coldness of the northern climate. 
*' The bill," says this inimitably accurate 
)rnithologist, " is of a brovv^n colour next the 
xead, and blackish at the point. The lower 
aandible has on each side an angle,, which is 
•eceived Into cavities, or dents, on the side 
xf the upper mandible. In the roof of the 
mouth, 
