Clafs II.] B I 
regions generally black or dulky* In England 
they are miftaken for white larks, as they have a 
long back claw, like the lark kind. Thefe birds 
inhabite all the northern parts of the world, even 
as far as the rigorous climate of Greenland and 
Spitzbergen ; where very few land fowl are found* 
R D S. 113 
In fevere winters, they are forced by the cold into 
this country; but we do not find that they breed 
here : we feldom fee them wholly white 5 but 
Linnaeus tells us that in Lapland, See. in the 
winter, they affume the color of the fnow, from 
whence their name. 
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SPECIES V. The leffer Brambling. 
Lefler mountain-finch,or brambling. 
Wil. orn. 2 55 * 
E are obliged to borrow the fol- 
lowing defeription from the ac- 
count of Mr. Johnfon tranfmitted 
to Mr* Ray ; having never feen the bird. Mr. 
Ray fufpe&ed that it was only a variety of the 
former, but Mr. Morton , having frequent oppor¬ 
tunity of examining this fpecies, proves it to be a 
diftinft kind. 
According to Mr. Johnfon, its bill is fhort, 
thick and ftrong 5 black at the point, the reft 
yellow. The forehead is of a dark cheftnut j 
the hind part of the head and cheeks of a lighter; 
Morton Northampt. 423# Tab. 13. 
Fig* 3- 
the hind part of the neck, and the back are afh- 
colored ; the latter more fpotted with black \ the 
throat is white: the breaft and belly waved with 
flame color ; at the fetting on of the wing grey ; 
the five firft feathers are of a blackiih brown, the 
reft white with the point of each dafli’d with 
brown : the three outmoft feathers of the tail are 
white ; the reft dark brown j the feet black $ the 
hind claw as low again as any of the reft. The 
breaft of the female is of a darker color than that 
of the male. This fpecies, by the above-men¬ 
tioned writers account, is found in Torkjhire and 
NorthamptonfJjire. 
GENUS XXIV. TITMICE. 
SPECIES I. The green Titmoufe. Plate W. Fig. 4. 
Great titmoufe, or ox-eye. Wil. orn. 
240. 
Rail fyn . av. 7 3. 
Lin.fyft. 189. 
T HIS fpecies fometimes vifits our gar¬ 
dens j but chiefly inhabites woods, 
where it builds in hollow trees, laying 
about ten eggs. This, and the whole tribe feed 
on infe&s, which they find in the bark of trees; 
in the fpring they do a great deal of mifchief in 
the fruit garden, by picking off the tender buds. 
Parus major. Gefner av. 640. 
Parus major, feu Fringillago. Briffon 
av. V. 539. 
Like wood-peckers they are perpetually running 
up and down the bodies of trees in queft of food. 
The head and throat of this fpecies are blackj the 
cheeks white ; the back, and coverts of the wings 
green ; the belly of a yellowilh green, divided 
in the middle by a bed of black, which extends 
to the vent; the rump is of a bluifli grey 
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