. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . e Neige des Alpes, Of the French. Alpe?i Schneeflnk, Of the Germans. Specific Characters.—Wing coverts, the chief part of the secondary quills,and all the tail feathers, with the exception of the two middle ones, of apure white. Length six inches and two fifths. The Snow Finch is an inhabitant of the highest mountains ofSouthern Europe, namely,—Switzerland, south of France, the Pyrenees,the Apennines, and the Caucasus. It is found also in the TyroleseAlps, and occasionally, while on its passage to the north, in Thuringiaan
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . e Neige des Alpes, Of the French. Alpe?i Schneeflnk, Of the Germans. Specific Characters.—Wing coverts, the chief part of the secondary quills,and all the tail feathers, with the exception of the two middle ones, of apure white. Length six inches and two fifths. The Snow Finch is an inhabitant of the highest mountains ofSouthern Europe, namely,—Switzerland, south of France, the Pyrenees,the Apennines, and the Caucasus. It is found also in the TyroleseAlps, and occasionally, while on its passage to the north, in Thuringiaand Anhalt. In the north of Europe it is rare. It has, however,been taken in Sweden according to Nilsson, though he only mentionsa single capture: and it is equally rare in Siberia. It occurs in thehigh mountains of Persia, and is found in North America. Dr. LeithAdams informs me that it is common about Candahar, so that it hasa wide and extensive range. In Switzerland it is found in the highestmountains in the regions of everlasting snow, descending to the lower \. SNOW FINCH. 35 parts only when driven by storms; and in the spring of the year it isfound in the higher alpine valleys. In summer it still prefers the mostdesolate places, where it is seldom disturbed by its enemy, man; suchas the Usfernthal, the desert regions of the Gumsel and the Simplon,atid in the neighbourhood of the convent of St. Bernard, where it isfound all the year. Salvadori (Fauna dltalia) writes, Fringilla nivalis remains stationary,and nests on the summits of the Alps and the Apennines, from whichit descends in winter to the borders, but never into the plains. It hasnot been observed in Sicily, Sardinia, nor Malta. Upon the ApenninesI do not know that it has ever been seen lower than central Italy,where I have found it upon the mountains of Ascolano, (Ibis, 1864,p, 128,) and Tristam on the Apennines between Bologna and Tuscany,(Ibis, 1863, p. 362.) According to Savi, the inhabitants of the houses on
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