noun
definition
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
verb
definition
To hunt for finches, to go finching.
Examples of finch in a Sentence
In 1738 he married Lady Elizabeth Finch, daughter of the earl of Winchelsea.
A single small finch flying over which might have been one!
The redpolls form a little group placed by many authorities in the genus Linota, to which they are unquestionably closely allied, and, as stated elsewhere (see FINCH), the linnets seem to be related to the birds of the genus Leucosticte, the species of which inhabit the northern parts of North-West America and of Asia.
Among its characteristic mammals and birds are the sage cotton-tail, black-tailed jack-rabbit, Idaho rabbit, Oregon, Utah and Townsends ground squirrels, sage chipmunk, fivetoed kangaroo rats, pocket mice, grasshopper mice, burrowing owl, Brewers sparrow, Nevada sage sparrow, lazuli finch, sage thrasher, Nuttall s poor-will, Bullocks oriole and rough-winged swallow.
Finally Dr. Finch punctures the myth that identity theft is all about money.
First four birds were red rumped wheatear, trumpeter finch, short toed lark, and Temmincks horned lark.
If you are interested in purchasing a finch you may want to consider getting two, as these types of birds prefer interaction with other birds as opposed to the single life.
F. Finch, entrepreneurs and majority company stockholders, knew wood and appreciated quality construction and attention to detail.
Jennie Finch - Olympic softball player Jennie Finch lead the U.S. Softball team to victory gold in 2004.
He was ordained deacon and priest on August 12th 1667, and until 1676 was chaplain and tutor in the family of Sir Heneage Finch at Kensington House.
Birds of passage include the buzzard, kite, quail, wild fowl of various kinds, golden thrush, wagtail, linnet, finch and nightingale.
The other candidates were Sir Robert Sawyer and Mr Finch.
A finch (Nesospiza acunhae), a thrush (Nesocichla eremita), and a water-hen (Gallinula nesiotis) are the only land birds - the first two being peculiar to the islands.
This lady, probably a sister of Lord Finch, subsequently earl of Nottingham, a well-known statesman of the Restoration, afterwards became Lady Conway, and at her country seat at Ragley in Warwickshire More continued at intervals to spend "a considerable part of his time."
Stokeâs reply started badly when Chris Finch was hit on the thigh and dubiously adjudged lbw in the second over.
John Finch also had a good day catching 27 carp to 8lb for a good ton bag.
The Red faced Parrot finch is a little green finch with a red face and a very popular finch in a mixed collection.
Finch Fountain has 17 different sets of the finch family, including finch Fountain has 17 different sets of the finch family, including finches, weavers and whydahs.
A broken Ray Finch jug, a large stoneware jug by Ray Finch, made in 1996.
Gloria Finch The first quarter of this year has been sadly marred by the deaths of many loyal members of the Cathedral Community.
I did not see several species I saw in winter such as great rock nuthatch, desert finch and somber tit.
Peter Finch for Network 11 The Two Jakes was a belated sequel to which film?
Abi Finch finished sixth in the " A " final, placing her sixth in the country.
Peter Finch did not spend his time wasting hours writing poetry, he sold books.
In 1998 a gift from Miss Gwen Finch enabled Worcestershire Wildlife Trust to restore a wetland on the banks of the Avon.
Prominent among a great variety of song-birds and insectivorous birds are the robin, blue bird, cat bird, sparrows, meadow-lark, bobolink, thrushes, chickadee, wrens, brown thrasher, gold finch, cedar wax-wing, flycatchers, nuthatches, flicker (golden-winged woodpecker), downy and hairy woodpeckers, rose-breasted grosbeak, Baltimore oriole, barnswallow, chimney swift, purple martin, purple finch (linnet), vireos and several species of warblers.
Sir Robert stood at the head of the poll with 125 votes, Newton next with 122 and Mr Finch was last with 117 votes.
The song-birds are well represented in the hermit thrush, wood thrush, Wilson's thrush (or veery), brown thrasher, robin, blue bird, bobolink, meadow lark, gold finch, &c. Among the game birds are the ruffed grouse (partridge), quail, prairie hen and wild turkey.
Among the birds of the island are the eagle, hawk, petrel, owl, finch, peewit, diamond bird, fire-tail, robin, emu-wren, crow, swallow, magpie, blackcap, goatsucker, quail, ground dove, parrot, lark, mountain thrush, cuckoo, wattlebird, whistling duck, honeybird, Cape Barren goose, penguin duck, waterhen, snipe, albatross and laughing jackass.
Blackbirds and thrushes are not found, nor any species of parrot, but on the other hand, we have the hoopoe (yatsugashira), the red-breast (komadori), the bluebird (run), the wren (miso-sazai), the golden-crested wren (itadaki), the golden-eagle (inu-washi), the finch (hiwa), the longtailed rosefinch (benimashiko), the ouzelbrown (akahara), dusky (tsugumi) and water (kawa-garasu)the kingfisher (kawasems), the crake (kuina) and the tomtit (kara).
A mansion standing on the western flank of the present Kensington Gardens had been the seat of Heneage Finch, Lord Chancellor and afterwards Earl of Nottingham.
Norman Finch, who though severely wounded continued to fight his gun singlehanded till the top was wrecked by another shell.
On the upper verge of the pine forests, or in the scrubby vegetation just beyond, the following are not uncommon - black woodpecker (Picus martius), ring-ousel (Turdus torquatus), Bonelli's warbler (Phylloscopus Bonellii), crested tit (Parus cristatus), citril finch (Citrinella alpina), siskin (Chrysomitris spinus), crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), blackcock (Tetrao tetrix), and the alpine varieties of the marsh-tit (Parus palustris, borealis) and tree-creeper (Certhia familiaris, costae).