BRITISH BIRDS* 
163 
THE MOUNTAIN FINCH. 
BRAMBLXNG. 
(Fringilla Montifringilla> Lin.— Z* Pingon d' Ardennes , Buff.) 
Length fomewhat above fix inches : Bill yel- 
low, blackilh at the tip ; eyes hazel ; the feathers 
on the head, neck, and back are black, edged with 
rufty brown ; lides of the neck, juft above the 
wings, blue afh ; rump white ; the throat, fore part 
of the neck, and breaft are of a pale orange ; belly 
white ; leffer wing coverts pale reddifli brown, ed- 
ged with white ; greater coverts black tipped with 
pale yellow ; quills dulky, with pale yellowifh ed- 
ges ; the tail is forked, the outermoft feathers ed- 
ged with white, the reft black, with whitifh edges ; 
legs pale brown, 
M2 
