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Azores Madeira, and the Canary Islands is only a large form of 
fhe Serin S. A third species, 5 . canomcus occurs in 
tire Serin g erin // p us Ulus) with a red forehead, 
recalling the^ appearance of the Redpolls is found from Asia 
Minor and Syria eastwards to Central As.a and the North- 
western Himalayas, 
THE SERIN FINCH. 
SERINUS SERINUS. 
Frinnlla serums , Linn., S. N., i^ p. 3 20 ( T 7 66 )- , „ a . 
Serious hortulanus, Dresser, B. Eur m , P r 549 > P 1 - ] J ’ 
Newt. ed. Yarr., ii, p. m (1877)1 B O- U List Br. B., 
p 49 (1883); Saunders, Man., P;i. 6 9 (™ 9 )- .. 
Serinus serinus, ' Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xn., p. 368 
(1888). , , 
Adult Male. — General colour above pale brown, streaked with 
black the feathers also marked with yellow ; throat and breast 
o-3 ; wing, 2-8 ; tail, i '9 5 tarsus - °' 55 - . 
The Female is coloured like the male, but th^pluniage is not 
quite so bright. Total length, 4 - 5 mchea; wing, 2 6. 
• Britain —A very rare visitor, some eight ex- 
am7es e hav^been 'taken i/ England either in spring or 
autumn. „ _ , 
, _ .... Tal „ ndg An inhabitant of Southern 
Range outside toe Bntis ' thr0UK h the Mediterranean 
and Central Europe, ex Northwards its range 
countries to j provinces and to Denmark, and it breeds 
nem^Frankfort and Darmstadt. The Canary {Scrims canaria) 
