Handlist of the birds of Egypt / by M.J. Nicoll.

  • Michael John Nicoll
Date:
1919
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Handlist of the birds of Egypt / by M.J. Nicoll. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    broad white patches on the two exterior pairs ; cheeks, throat, and under parts pinkish brown; bill lead colour; feet and legs brown. Female lacks the pink under parts and is duller in coloration all over. 152. Brambling. Fringilla montifringilla Linneeus. Not mentioned by Shelley. Apparently a rare winter visitor near Alexandria. I have examined three living examples which were said to have been netted there. Length about 6 inches. Male, upper parts, including sides of head, glossy blue black, with whitish bases to the feathers. Upper wing coverts orange buff tipped with white; greater coverts black margined with white. Rump white, mottled with black; tail black, with a little white on outer pair of feathers • throat and breast reddish fawn; belly dull white; flanks spotted with black; under wing coverts bright yellow. (Howard Saunders, part.) In the winter the feathers of the upper parts have broad buff edges. Females and young are duller and have the black upper parts replaced with brown. Io3. Mediterranean Linnet. Liuotci cctuuctbiuu mediterraneci Tschusi. Linota cannabina. Shelley, p. 154. Abundant in the cultivated portions of Lower and Middle during the winter months. In early spring assembles in large flocks and in March, just before departure, a few may be heard in full song. Similar to the English linnet, but paler red on the breast and whiter on the rump. Length 5 inches. Adult male, forehead pinkish red, as is also the breast, the feathers having a metallic lustre ;? head grey ; back reddish brown ; rump striped with black and’white ; wings and tail black, the feathers edged with white ; flanks brownish chestnut; belly whitish. Females, young birds, and most males in winter plumage lack the metallic red on face and breast, and the latter is striped with brown. 154. Trumpeter Bullfinch. Erythrospiza githaginea githaginea (Lichtenstein). Erythrospiza githaginea. Shelley, p. 155. Abundant and resident in Upper Egypt from Asvut to Shellal. 3
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