. An illustrated manual of British birds . d feed largely on insects andon the seeds of weeds, so that in spite of a little pilfering of fruit,vegetables and newly-sown seeds, the Chaffinch may be consideredas one of the gardeners best friends. Adult male in spring : forehead black; crown and nape bluish-grey; back reddish-brown ; rump yellowish-green ; upper wing-covertswhite, greater coverts black, tipped with yellowish-white, forming twoconspicuous bars ; quills dull brown, slightly fringed with greenish-white ; central tail-feathers dark grey, the rest black, with broadwhite patches on the
. An illustrated manual of British birds . d feed largely on insects andon the seeds of weeds, so that in spite of a little pilfering of fruit,vegetables and newly-sown seeds, the Chaffinch may be consideredas one of the gardeners best friends. Adult male in spring : forehead black; crown and nape bluish-grey; back reddish-brown ; rump yellowish-green ; upper wing-covertswhite, greater coverts black, tipped with yellowish-white, forming twoconspicuous bars ; quills dull brown, slightly fringed with greenish-white ; central tail-feathers dark grey, the rest black, with broadwhite patches on the two exterior pairs ; cheeks, throat and underparts rich reddish-brown, paler on the belly ; bill bluish-lead ; legsdull brown. Length 6 in.; wing 3-4 in. In autumn the bill isbrownish, and the head is tinged with rufous. Female : head andback light yellowish-brown ; breast pale yellowish-grey. Young:similar to the female, but with paler tints at first; the males, how-ever, begin to show brighter colours within a fortnight. ^.. thp: brambling. Fringilla MOXTiFRiNGiLLA, Liniiseus. This species is a tolerably regular autumn- and winter-visitorto many parts of Scotland, and migrants from Scandinavia maybe found in small parties among the Highland glens long beforetheir arrival is noticed in England, where their presence and relativeabundance depend upon the severity of the weatlier on the Con-tinent. In hard winters the Brambling—or Mountain-Binch as itis sometimes called—is very numerous, especially in the vicinity ofbeech-woods ; but in other years it is not noticed, and in Cornwalland the west its appearance is very uncertain. By the middle ofMarch almost all have returned to their northern breeding-grounds,but exceptionally a few pairs have been known to remain behind ;and Mr. E. T. Booth states that in June 1866, while fishing in theriver Lyon, Perthshire, he had occasion to climb a beech-tree todisentangle his line, when he disturbed a female Brambling from h
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