Also snow finch. [f. SNOW sb.1] A species of mountain-finch. (See also quot. 1839.)

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1783.  Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, II. I. 264. Snow Finch … inhabits various parts of the European continent.

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1829.  Griffith, trans. Cuvier, VII. 139. The Snow Finch, Fringilla Nivalis.

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1839.  Audubon, Ornith. Biog., V. 68. Oregon Snow-Finch, Fringilla Oregona.

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1882.  Encycl. Brit., XIV. 676. The Snow-Finch of the Alps, M[ontifringilla] nivalis, so often mistaken by travellers for the Snow-Bunting, Plectrophanes nivalis.

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1894–5.  Lydekker, Roy. Nat. Hist., III. 388. The snow-finches form a small group possessing the characteristic form of the true finches.

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