. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . v 15B BRITISH THE HAWFINCH.[Loxia Coccothraujles, Lm.—//(? Gros-bec, Buff.) Length nearly seven Inches. Bill of a horn colour,conical, and prodigiously thick at the base; eyes a^hcoloured ; the space between the bill and the eye, andthence to the chin and throat, is black; the top of thehead is of a reddish chesnut, as are also the cheeks, butsomewhat paler •, the back part of the neck is of a greyishash colour ; the back and lesser wing coverts chesnut jthe greater wing coverts are grey, in some almost white>.

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. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . v 15B BRITISH THE HAWFINCH.[Loxia Coccothraujles, Lm.—//(? Gros-bec, Buff.) Length nearly seven Inches. Bill of a horn colour,conical, and prodigiously thick at the base; eyes a^hcoloured ; the space between the bill and the eye, andthence to the chin and throat, is black; the top of thehead is of a reddish chesnut, as are also the cheeks, butsomewhat paler •, the back part of the neck is of a greyishash colour ; the back and lesser wing coverts chesnut jthe greater wing coverts are grey, in some almost white>.forming a band across the wing •, the quills are all black,excepting some of the secondaries nearest the body,which are brown; the four outer quills seem as if clippedoff at the ends ; the prime quills have each of them a spotof white about the middle of the inner web *, the breastand belly are of a pale rust colour, growing almost whiteat the vent; the tail is black, excepting the ends, of themiddle feathers, which are grey *, the outer ones are BRITISH BIRDS. 157 tipped

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