. A history of British birds . llas (Zoogr. Eosso-Asiat. i. p. 428) a Xanthornus, or, as weshould now say, an Icterus. Two other beautiful species ofthe Old World have been generally, and most likely properly,assigned to the genus Euspiza—the E. aureola of North-eastern Europe and of Asia, and the E. luteola of CentralAsia and of India—as well as the E. americana of the NewWorld, though whether this last is rightly included the writerdoes not feel himself competent to declare.* * The occurrence in Great Britain of two examples of the North-AmericanWhite-throated Sparrow {Zonotrichia alhicoUis)
. A history of British birds . llas (Zoogr. Eosso-Asiat. i. p. 428) a Xanthornus, or, as weshould now say, an Icterus. Two other beautiful species ofthe Old World have been generally, and most likely properly,assigned to the genus Euspiza—the E. aureola of North-eastern Europe and of Asia, and the E. luteola of CentralAsia and of India—as well as the E. americana of the NewWorld, though whether this last is rightly included the writerdoes not feel himself competent to declare.* * The occurrence in Great Britain of two examples of the North-AmericanWhite-throated Sparrow {Zonotrichia alhicoUis)—the one near Aberdeen, August17th, 1867, the other near Brighton, March 22nd, 1872—has been recorded byMr. Angus (Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 209) and Mr. Rowley (Proc. Zool. , p. 681) respectively. The genus to which this species belongs is alliedto if not one of the true Emhcrizidcp, but as a land-bird of the New World itdoes not come within the scope of this book. 68 PASSERES. FRINGILLID^ Fringilla ccelees Linnffius*.THE CHAFFINCH. Fringdla coelchs. Fringilla, Linnceus^.—Bill hard, straight, somewhat long, nearly conical,but bulging slightly and pointed ; mandibles nearly equal, edges plain. Nostrilsbasal, lateral, oval, partly hidden by projecting and recurved frontal straight. Wings with the first primary finely attenuated and so small as toseem wanting, the rest varying in their comparative length in different species,but the second always shorter than the third, which or the fourth is longest itithe wing. Tail moderately long and decidedly forked. Tarsus stout, shortish,scutellate in front, covered at the sides with a single plate. Claws moderatelycurved, rather short. The male Chaffinch is one of the most handsome andsprightly of our common small birds, and being also confi-dent in his behaviour, as though courting the notice of men,is extremely well known throughout nearly all parts of the * Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 31
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