. A history of British birds . SERIN. PASSEBES. Ill FRINGILLID^.. Sekinus hortulanus, K. L. Koch*.THE SERIN. Serinus, K. L. Kochf.—Bill hard, strong, short, somewhat conical, but verybroad at the base and with the distal half suddenly diminishing to the tip ;mandibles nearly equal in size, but the upper a little longer than the lower ;edges plain. Nostrils basal, supernal, round and hidden by projecting andrecurved frontal plumes. Gape straight. Wings with the first primary so smallas to seem wanting ; the second, third and fourth nearly equal, but the thirda trifle the longest—none of them ho
. A history of British birds . SERIN. PASSEBES. Ill FRINGILLID^.. Sekinus hortulanus, K. L. Koch*.THE SERIN. Serinus, K. L. Kochf.—Bill hard, strong, short, somewhat conical, but verybroad at the base and with the distal half suddenly diminishing to the tip ;mandibles nearly equal in size, but the upper a little longer than the lower ;edges plain. Nostrils basal, supernal, round and hidden by projecting andrecurved frontal plumes. Gape straight. Wings with the first primary so smallas to seem wanting ; the second, third and fourth nearly equal, but the thirda trifle the longest—none of them however much surpassing the fifth, which onthe contrary is considerably longer than the sixth. Tail moderate, rather deeplyforked. Tarsus slender, and shorter than the middle toe, scutellate in front,covered at the side by a single plate. Claws small and rather weak. The Serin, a Finch closely allied to the Canary-bird and longknown to inhabit many parts of Europe, has of late years beenobserved to be extending its range on the continent, and, asin such a cas
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