Genus SERINUS, Mihi.
tJKK. C h au . ¿tool; much abbreviated, convex, and blunt at the t ip ; th e edges o f the upper
mandible somewhat inflected, as are th o s eo f th e u n d er at the .....>, a, fura»tli< u ;1 v| ,
is n o t very decided. N o s tr ils basal and partly hidden b y small feathers. Wings « aeli mg
half way down the tail, and having the sind le-.ir feathera, nearly <’ Tuai, the second being
A the longest- • T a il deeply forked. & * f e i f e : the tnmrr «he « m e h,«,,¡A m t! ,e hind one.
: N a ils small.
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ijMsriains, Linn.
Mi Gros-bee Sofia* ou Cim.
§ f not be supposed that we are piirtitfj'j» the ecamtruetton o f new genera (which, we fear, » o iW shape
:^«newhat oiinecessarfly^) because, in the jjirweni instance, we have' «snored tbebirtf he&w m from th
«ijfstetnatic station it has hitherto occupied i -«bit fa * 4ft, that on mvestigntittg' ^ c h a ra c te rs , we could nor. satisfy
siartelves that the Serin Finch has.been hitherto assigned to any genus with which it strictly agrees. CiloseJy
«csembUng the Siskin (Cankefi* «mw»,) in general form and cxiburmg, it depart widely from that bint i,'i
like form of its beak, which, on the other hand, is neither that; o f Cmothnmtes nor o f Jfcugifa, Remarkable
WW f l sliort, blunt, and equally convex form, as well as for being peculiarly small, k has some similarity to
the beak o f the Bullfinch, but wants the breadth and great lateral protrusion and roundness at the tip. winch
yti that bird both the tipper and under mandibles so preeminently display: Asides Which the style o f
#t»mage is also totally dissimilar. We trust that in these views we shall be borne out by the assent o f other
naturalists, to whom we submit our opinions with due deference.
The native habitat id is limited to tlie southern portion o f the European contm.-i
it is very abundant, especiaifrju If% «*# the South o f France and Germany, fmpentmg ike horde/»
streams, where willows and aMwr, $; .fcrUe.. it m i# s eOm»on m cop«» and orchards. w hrrr *.
Nuticiog its nest, which as o f »writ <i;■«*-. - • « Mrv . , * ,t . >{.
wool. The eggs are five io iiouii'wi. w.-. .;.-■!> ;i.: }.K«-: ;v, ,
wttd, like that of the Finches in general, emaftfit stf • s c;‘ lW. Ji«w*y, f.‘ •.:: •
The b-exes differ in plmoiViir. ilia': ;.r male \mn% ■ ■■ I
«$low j it may be thus described •.
forehead, thr oat, cireli! round the eyes, bmw., mw ram® *umv - >L:. i > ^ upper surface
greenish olive da&jmd kwgitntfwiaUy with dissltr hrawu: toe-cuvert* tfewkv «dire - flanks olive ar«v with
:.'-i lpc8 o f brown ; xMnncc v .,.-.., ouilk awl tail bU-UskSeffi ,1 , ; i,i... , i , , i