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The elder Miss Finch preferred to stay a finch most all of the time. Which was just as well, really. She never was much of a conversationalist.

–Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Miss Peregrine

The elder Miss Finch is one of the many ymbrynes who live in the UK.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children[]

She is mentioned alongside her niece by Miss Peregrine to Jacob Portman.

Description[]

Not much is known about Elder Miss Finch although she much prefers to stay in bird form (in her case a finch). Presumably, she changes back into a human often enough to prevent getting trapped in bird form.

Peculiarity[]

She is an ymbryne, which gives her the power to manipulate time and turn into a bird, specifically a finch. Her niece is also a finch, but the pair are likely two different kinds of finch, since no two currently living ymbrynes can be the same type of bird.