FINCH, a name applied (but almost always in combination, as bullfinch, chaffinch, etc.) to birds of the family Fringillidae. Generally speaking finches are small birds with a hard bill, living mainly on seeds, and characteristic of the Palaearctic region, where most of the very numerous species live.
See also BULLFINCH ; CANARY ; CHAFFINCH ; HAWFINCH; SPARROW; GREENFINCH; GROSBEAK; LINNET; CROSSBILL; SIS KIN ; GOLDFINCH ; REDPOLL ; BOBOLINK ; BUNTING.