Finches
Finches was one of the many species of birds found in Middle-earth. In the song In Western Lands beneath the Sun sung by Samwise Gamgee in the Tower of Cirith Ungol, he mentions that in western lands "the merry finches sing".
After Smaug's death many birds were gathering around Erebor. Thorin saw among them "starlings and flocks of finches".
Etymology
In a linguistic manuscript dating from the 1930s, appears the Qenya gloss liri ("finch").
Other writings
In The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, a raven and a finch speak two of the verses, reminiscent of the sentient thrushes and ravens in The Hobbit.
Referencias
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