hawfinch

American  

[haw-finch] / ˈhɔˌfɪntʃ /

noun

1. a European grosbeak, Coccothraustes coccothraustes.

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hawfinch British  

/ ˈhɔːˌfɪntʃ /

noun

1. an uncommon European finch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, having a very stout bill and brown plumage with black-and-white wings

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Etymology

Origin of hawfinch

First recorded in 1665–75; haw ¹ + finch

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hawfinch

Of birds of passage, dormice, snakes, bats, swallows, quails, ringdoves, stare, chaffinch, hoopoe, chatterer, hawfinch, crossbill, rails and cranes.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Occasionally that shy bird, the hawfinch, is seen on a wet, quiet day picking up white-beam kernels and seeds.

From The Naturalist on the Thames by Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)

The morphology of the head of the hawfinch.

From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Merz, Robert L.

Of the resident species which are comparatively uncommon elsewhere may be mentioned the hawfinch, the greater and lesser spotted woodpecker, the carrion crow, the raven, the buzzard, the hen-harrier, and the peregrine falcon.

From Somerset by Wade, G. W.

The eggs are not unlike those of the English hawfinch; the ground colour is pale greenish grey, blotched and spotted with blackish brown.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas