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See also:CHAFFINCH (Fringilla coelebs) , the See also:common See also:English name of a See also:bird belonging to the See also:family Fringillidae (see See also:FINCH), and distinguished, in the male See also:sex, by the deep greyish See also:blue of its See also:crown feathers, the yellowish See also:green of its rump, the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white of the wing coverts, so disposed as to See also:form two conspicuous bars, and the reddish See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown passing into vinous red of the See also:throat and See also:breast. The See also:female is drab, but shows the same white markings as the male, and the See also:young See also:males resemble the See also:females until after the first autumn See also:moult, when they gradually assume the plumage of their sex. The chaffinch breeds See also:early in the See also:season, and its See also:song may often be heard in See also:February. Its See also:nest, which is a See also:model of neatness and symmetry, it builds on trees and bushes, preferring such as are overgrown with See also:moss and See also:lichens. It is chiefly composed of moss and See also:wool, lined internally with grass, wool, feathers, and whatever soft material the locality affords. The outside consists of moss and lichens, and according to See also:Selby, " is always accordant with the particular See also:colour of its situation." When built in the neighbourhood of towns the nest is somewhat slovenly and untidy, being often composed of bits of dirty See also:straw, pieces of See also:paper and blackened moss; in one instance, near See also:Glasgow, the author of the Birds of the See also:West of See also:Scotland found several See also:postage-stamps thus employed. It See also:lays four or five eggs of a See also:pale purplish See also:buff, streaked and spotted with purplish red. In See also:spring the chaffinch is destructive to early See also:flowers, and to young radishes and turnips just as they appear above the See also:surface; in summer,, however, it feeds principally on See also:insects and their larvae, while in autumn and See also:winter its See also:food consists of See also:grain and other seeds. On the See also:continent of See also:Europe the chaffinch is a favourite song-bird, especially in See also:Germany, where See also:great See also:attention is paid to its training.
CHAFING-DISH (from the O. Fr. chaufer, to make warm}, a See also:kind of portable See also:grate heated with See also:charcoal, and used for cooking or keeping food warm. In a See also:light form, and heated over a spirit. See also:lamp, it is also used for cooking various dainty dishes at table. The employment of the chafing-dish for the latter purpose has been largely restored in See also:modern See also:cookery.
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