hawfinch

[ haw-finch ]

/ ˈhɔˌfɪntʃ /

a European grosbeak, Coccothraustes coccothraustes.

Origin of hawfinch

First recorded in 1665–75; haw¹ + finch

If so, we might look them over for a Hawfinch's nest about May 10th.

Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O. |J.G. Millais
Old man Tyler could lay his Hawfinch half a point nearer the wind than a chap has a right to expect from an archbishop.

Where the Pavement Ends |John Russell
Occasionally that shy bird, the hawfinch, is seen on a wet, quiet day picking up white-beam kernels and seeds.

The Naturalist on the Thames |C. J. Cornish
It altogether sounds as though it might have been a hawfinch.

In a Cheshire Garden |Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton

Sims describes the Hawfinch's immobile upper jaw, which is used as a powerful press in cracking the stones of fresh fruit.

Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves |Robert L. Merz

hawfinch

/ (ˈhɔːˌfɪntʃ) /

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