. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . sent me by Mr. Gould. The male is fromErzeroum. The female was also shot in the breedingseason. 98 GRANIVOR^. Family FEIGILLIDyE. (Bonaparte.) Genus Fringilla. (Linnceus.) SERIN FINCH. Fringilla serinus. Fringilla serums, Fyrrhula serinus,(< <( Serinus Jlavescens, brumalis, hortulanus, meridionalis et islandicus,Serin Finch,Serin cini, Gemeiner grilngimpel or girlitz,Verzellino,Raperino, Verdoliai, Serino a Italia,Crespolino, LlNNJEUS. DeGLAND. Keyserling et Blasius. Gould. Bonaparte. Strickland. K
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . sent me by Mr. Gould. The male is fromErzeroum. The female was also shot in the breedingseason. 98 GRANIVOR^. Family FEIGILLIDyE. (Bonaparte.) Genus Fringilla. (Linnceus.) SERIN FINCH. Fringilla serinus. Fringilla serums, Fyrrhula serinus,(< <( Serinus Jlavescens, brumalis, hortulanus, meridionalis et islandicus,Serin Finch,Serin cini, Gemeiner grilngimpel or girlitz,Verzellino,Raperino, Verdoliai, Serino a Italia,Crespolino, LlNNJEUS. DeGLAND. Keyserling et Blasius. Gould. Bonaparte. Strickland. Kocii. Bonapaete. Latham; Syn., vol. iii, p. 296. Of the French. Of the Germans. Savi. Stor. Of the Tuscans. Specific Characters.—The back olivaceous, marked with, longi-tudinal blackish, spots; vertex pale olivaceous yellow; primariesand tail feathers dusky brown. Length four inches and a half;carpus to tip two inches and seven-eighths; tarsus nine lines;beak four lines. The Serin Finch is an inhabitant of SouthernEurope. It is found plentifully in Spain, the south. SERIN FINCH. 99 of France, in Italy, Greece, in that part of Switzerlandwhich borders on Italy, and more rarely in the southand south-west of Germany. It is also found inCentral Germany, in the north of France, and inHolland; but Naumann says it is not found in thenorth of Germany. According to Faber, it has beenfound and killed between 66° and 67° of north lati-tude. It has also been found in the Hertz Mountains,and, according to Bechstein, it is often seen inThuringia. Dr. Leith Adams informs me that it is anautumn visitor at Malta, is common in Sicily, andvery common at Smyrna. Naumann remarks as worthyof notice that the Serin Finch is not equally plentifulin the same country, and Schinz writes to him thathe has never procured it in the Canton of Zurich,though they are common a four hours journey out ofit. They are said to be plentiful in the neighbourhoodof Heidelberg and Offenbach, but in the country be-twe
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