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Show 298 AVES. PYRGITA, Cuv.(l) In the Sparrows proper the beak is shorter than i? the preceding birds, conical, and merely a little convex near the pomt. Frin(J'illa domestica, Enl. 6, 1; N aum. 115. (The Common Sparro~v.) Builds in holes of walls, and infests i.nhabite~ places by its audacity and voracity. Brown, sp~tted ;v1th black above, grey underneath; a whitish band on the wmg; s1des of thecalotte red in the male· his throat black. There is a spe' cies, or a variety, in Italy, o f wh1. ch the rna Ie' s head is entirely chesnut colour-Fr. cisalpina, Tern.; Fr. Italire, Vieill. Galer. 68. The black on the throat sometimes extends to the breast; it is then the Fr. hispaniolensis. Fr. montana; Le Friquet; Enl. 267, 1; Naum. 116, 1, 2. The Mountain Linnet remains further from our habitations. It has two white bands on the wing, a red calotte and the side of the head white with a black spot.(2) .. FniNGILLA, Cuv. '1 • ·' •: The beak of the Finches is somewhat less arcuated than that of the Sparrows a little stronger and longer than in the Linnets. Their manners ~re more lively, and their song more varied than those of the former. There are three species in France. Fring. crelebs, L.; Pingon ordinaire; Enl. 54, 1; N aum.' 118. (The Chaffinch.) Brown above; beneath, a vinous-r~d m the male, greyish in the female; two white bands on the wmg~ some white on the sides of the tail. Feeds on all sorts of gram and builds indiscriminately on all kinds of trees. Fring. montijri11gilla, L.; Pinpon de montagne; En~. 54, 2; N aum. 119. (The Mountain Finch.) Black, mottled w1th faw~ colour above· fawn coloured breast; under part of the wing 0 ' • b a beautiful lemon. This bird, which varies greatly, builds 1D t e thickest forests, and never visits the plains till winter. Fring. nivalis, L.; Niverolle; Briss. III, xv, 1; Naum.ll7· ( 1) Pyrgita, the Greek name for the Domestic Finch. ,. d' (2) The Hambouvreux, Buff. (Loxia hamburgia, Gm.) is merely the Jlriquet, li' figured by Albin., Ois. III, P~· 24. . scattered We should add to the ordmury Sparrows, the b1rds that have been .. . . . ·z E 1 230 fig 1 where Jtll about by naturalists as follows, v1z. Fnngt la arcuata, n . • · ' " 9._ much too red; its true tints are those of the Sparrows;-Fr. crucigera, Tem.N67~~ Emberiza capen.sis, c, Enl. 389, 2 and g, Enl. 664, 2;-Tanagra silen3, En\ 205 of which Vieill. has made his genus AnnEMON, Gal. 78;-Fring. elegans, En· Pl:· 1, Vieill. Gal. 64;-Le pape, Emberiza ciris, Enl. B9, wh.i ch forvm·s ·tnh e ~encubsant. o1s ·• &ERIN .A., Vieill., Gal. 66;-Loxia oryx, Enl. 6, 2;-Lox. ignuolor, l(~l • if: 'ngi/111 59;-Loxia dominicana, Enl. 55, 2, and the other species, Enl. 103;- 11 PASSERINJE. 299 (The Snow Finch.) Brown, mottled with a paler tint of the same colour above; whitish beneath; head, ash coloured; coverts of the wings, and nearly all the secondary quills, white. The throat o.f the male, bla?k. From the rocks of the upper Alps, where 1t only descends m the middle of winter to the lower mountains. [See .llpp. XX of .O.m. Ed. J CARDUELis, Cuv. The Linnets and Goldfinches have an exactly conical beak without the least :onvex pro~uberance at any point. They live on grain. Those wh1ch have a httle longer and more pointed beak are styled GoLDFINCHES. Pring. carduelis, L.; Enl. 4; Naum. 124, 1, 2. (The Common Goldfinch-_). One of the prettiest birds in Europe. Brown above, wlutlsh beneath; the mask of a beautiful red; a fine yellow spot on the cheek, &c. It is also very docile, quickly learns to sing and to play all kinds of tricks.(l) LINARIA, Bechst. The Linnets also have an exactly conical beak, but it is shorter and more obtuse than in the Goldfinches. They feed on seeds of plants; those of flax and hemp in particular. There are some species in Europe, brown, tinted with red which . ' a~e more pecuharly styled Linnets. The quantity of red in the young htrds and females is very various, and sometimes is totally wanting. The beak of the first is almost as pointed as that of the Goldfinch. It is; Fr. linaria, L.;Le Sisserin; Enl. 485, 2;Vieill. Gal. 65; Naum. 126. (The Redpoll.) Brown, spotted with black above· two white bands across the wing; black throat; top of the he~d as well as the breast of the adult male, red; the rump is sometimes of the same colour. A northern bird, of which it is supposed two races have lately been detected, a large and a small one.(2) Fr. cannabina, L., Enl. 485, 1; Naum. 121. (The Linnet.) Back, fawn coloured brown; quills of the wing and tail, black r:tUtata, Eru. 181;-the Dioclt (Emb. quelea) Vieill. Ois. Chant. 23;-the .Dioch I'Oit, ld., 24;-Lox. cape:nsis. The latter begins to approach the Grosbeaks. W~o these should be added, Pyr. orytltroplttltalma, Wils. II, pl. x, f. 5;-P. iliaca, s. m, P· xxii, f. xiv. .O.m. Ed. Fr~~ ~dd, Fr.' J!sitt~ea, Lath., Syn. II, p. 48;-Fr. melba, Edw., 128 and 272;- 1-: •• cmea, Vte1ll. Ots. ch. pl. xxxi;-F1-. lettcocephala, Lath. Jd. 26;-Fr. magel.,_, Id. 30. (2) See the Mem. de M. Vieillot, Acllcl. de Turin, tom. xxii~, p. 193, et seq.' |