260 F I N C H.
Place. This Is faid by Linnaeus to have come from Norland: defcribed
by him from Rudbeck’s paintings. We believe this fpecies to be
confined to. the northern regions, though not afcertained by the
lead: hiftory, annexed to either of the fpecimens in the Britijh. op
Leverian Mufeums.
it.
ARCTIC P.
Fringilla flaviroftris, Lin. SjJl. i. p. 322. N? 27.— Faun. Suec. N° 239.—
Muller, N.° 2j6o.—PalL Trav. ii. p. 71.0. N-0 21.
Le Pinçon brun, Brif. ora. iii. p. 154. B.—Buf% oif. iv. p. I2-I.
Ardtie Finch,. Ard, Zool.
D escrip t ion " D I L L yellow, like wax, with a brown tip : the male is wholly
of an obfcure footy brown colour, paleft beneath : the brealt
feathers have frequently the tips varied- with garnet-colour 1
■ quills and tail dufky, edged with grey the laft fomewhat forked:
F emale»
Pla.ce.
in fhape: legs, black.
The female: inclines, to brown r otherwifé like the-male.
This fpecies is found in Norway *, and the north-eaft part of
Stbïria, very common: in winter migrates- to the fou them parts,,
frequenting inhabited parts, and is feen about barns, being a
tame fpecies : it is frequent about the Jenifei in the fevereft pare
of the winter, and returns north earlier than the Snow. Bunting,
Not feen in Ruffia.
. Muller. He fays it is called in Norway, Gracedrrijh.', in Sweden, Rijka*
FnngilîS
F I N C H. 2 6 1
''mm H ■ 5- mÊI i S S * b r a c i n g . Scot- am. i , 218.— Brun. 255:. 256.— Muller, N- x,b.~Kram. et.
p. 36,7. j ,— Olin. pl. in p. %x— Fri/çh. pl. J.
Le Pinçon d’Ardennes, ïïrif. arn. iii. p- 155* 37'* ^uf ‘ °'f’ *v* P' I2d‘
Pl. enl. 54. f- 2.
Bramble, Brambling, or Mountain Finch, Rail Syn. p. 88. A .— Will. ern.
p. 25,4. pl. iii. pi- 6+.— Br. Zmt, i» N« \xb.— Areu
Zool.
Br. Mu/. Eev. Mit/.-
T E N G T H fix. inches and a quarter. Bill yellowifh; tip
■ *“' black : the head, hind part of the neck, and back, are
black * , margined with rufous brown : rump white,: throat,, fore
part o f the, neck,, and hreaft,. pale rufous orange r lower part of
the breaft and belly white: leffer wing coverts pale rufous; the
middle ones rufous white p the greateft black, tipped with white,
and thofe neareft. the body with pale rufous : quills brown, with
y e l l o w i l h edges: tail, a little forked : legs grey.
The female, is plainer in. colour, and is brown where the male
is black, and rufous grey where he is rufous.
This fpecies migrates into England at certain feafons, but does
not build here r it is frequently found among Chaffinches, and
fometimes comes in vaft flocks •. I have had eighteen brought to-
me at once,, which were killed at a Angle (hot. Thefe are
alfo feen, at certain times, in waft clouds \n'France f , infomuch
that the ground has been quite covered with their dung, and
more than fix hundred dozen were killed each night. Said
D escription
F emale.
P la c e and
M anne rs .
• In fome the throat is black-
+ Hift. dts oif.— WiUughby obferves, that they, are common in the poulterers
fiiops in winter. P. 254,
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