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We have this fpecies in England but rare5 it is very frequent in other parts of Eu¬ 
rope. All the writers on birds have named it. Ray calls it Fringilla Montana 3 
others, Montifringilla. 
Fringilla peEloreferrugineo, alls nigris alho maculatis . 
The Fringilla , with a ferrugineous breaft , and with SCI )t 
the wings black andfpotted with white . 
This is fomewhat fmaller than the common fparrow 5 it’s weight is lefs than an 
ounce. The head is large and rounded 3 the iris of the eyes is hazel 3 the beak is fhort, 
but very robuft and ftrong: the head in the male is bluifh, and almoft: black, juft at 
the anterior part: the back is of a reddifh-brown, with fome admixture of greenifh 
and greyifh 5 the breaft is of a reddifh hue, and the lower part of the belly is white : 
the wings are black, variegated with white, and the tail is alfo black and white : the 
legs are fhort, robuft, and brown. 
It is very common with us, and all the writers on birds have defcribed it. They 
call it Fringilla. ' 
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Fringilla virefcens alis et cauda luteo variegatis . 
The greenijh Fringilla , with the wings and tail 3Zt)t 
variegated with yellow. 
This is a little larger than the chaffinch: the head is large and round, the ears are 
patulous; the iris of the eyes hazel, and the beak conic and robuft : the whole upper 
part of the body in the male, and efpecially in the fummer months, has a ftrong tinge 
of green diffufed over it at other times, and in general in the female 3 it is of a duiky 
brown, with only a faint tendency toward the olive : the breaft and belly are yellow- 
ifh, but this is alfo more ftrongly in the male than in the female, and moft confpi- 
cuous in the fummer months: the wings and tail are black, but they are both beauti¬ 
fully variegated with a bright yellow. 
This is very frequent with us. All the writers on birds have defcribed it, and all 
under the fame name Chloris. 
Fringilla dorfo cinereo-lutefcente , peElore maculato . 
The yellowijh-grey Fringilla , with a fpotted breaft . 
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This is of the bignefs of the green-finch: the head is large and round 5 the iris of 
the eyes is hazel 3 the beak fhort, conic, and robuft: the head is black 5 the back 
has a greenifh tinge, but, when nearly viewed, the colour is found to be compofed of 
a mixture of grey and yellow 3 the upper part of the neck is blackifh 3 the rump is of 
a greenifh-yellow: the throat and breaft are fpotted, and of a greenifh-yellow 5 the 
belly is white : the wings are elegantly variegated with a tranfverfe ftreak of yellow, 
and the principal feathers are brownifh, but green at the edges. 
We have not this fpecies wild in England 3 it is frequent in Germany, and lings 
very fweetly. The writers on birds have almoft all mentioned it. Gefner calls it 
Acanthus avicula 3 others, Spinus five Ligurinus. It is fond of places where there are 
juniper-trees, in it’s wild ftate. 
Fringilla capite flavo , dorfo grifeo-flavicante. 
The Fringilla , with a yellow head , and a 
greyiftj-yellow body . 
This is fomewhat larger than the common fparrow, and is an extreamly beautiful 
bird : the head is large 3 the eyes have a hazel-coloured iris: the ears are patulous 5 
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