FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA. 
BRAMBLING, or MOUNTAIN FINCH. 
Generic Character. See F. Domestica, 
Fringilla montifringilla ; corpore nigra supra 
pennis rufo marginatis, subtus uropy- 
geosque alba, jugulo pectorique rufecen- 
tibus, rectricibuslateralibusnigricantibus, 
extus albo marginatis. 
Brambling. Body blackish ab@ve, with the feathers 
margined with rufous^ beneath and vent 
white ; throat and breast rufous ; the la- 
teral tail feathers blackish, externally 
margined with white. 
Fringilla Montifringilla. Lin. Syst. v. I. p. 318. 
GmeL S7/st, v. 2, p, 902, Ind. Orn. v. 1. 
p. 439. Eaii Syn. p. 88. 
Le Pincon d'Ardennes. Buff, Hist. d'Ois. v. 4, 
p. 124. PL Enl. 54. 2. 
Gros-bec d'Ardennes. Temm. Man. Orn. ed 2, 
p. 360. 
Brambling^ or Mountain Finch. Br. Zool, Svo. ed, 
V. 1. p. 454. Arct. Zool. v. 2. p. 381. 
Lath. St/n. v. 3. p. 261. Mont. Orn, 
Diet. Bewick's Br. Birds, pt. 1. p. 180, 
Gen. Zool. v. 9. p, 444. 
Length si^ inches, breadth ^ten and a half ; weight 
three-quarters of an ounce. Bill stout, and pointed ; in 
the spring of a brightish yellow colour tipped with black, 
which as the year advances becomes darker, and during th§ 
