300 AVES. 



edged with whitej whitish underneath; a fine red on the head 

 and breast of the old male; beak, grey. Builds among the 

 vines, bushes, 8cc. 



An intermediate species, most nearly allied however to the 



second, Frmg. montium, Gm., Naum. 122, is occasionally seen 



from the North. Its beak is yellow, and there is some red on the 



rump of the male. 



There are other species, more or less greenish, which are called 



by the French S'enn* or Tan'ns. The 



Fring. spinus, L.; Turin commun; Enl. 485, 3; Naum. 125. 

 (The Siskin.) Also has a beak more like that of the Goldfinch, 

 and is even similar in many points to the Redpoll. It is of an 

 olive colour above; yellow beneath; calotte, wings and tail, black; 

 two yellow bands on the wing. It builds on the very summits of 

 the tallest pines. 



The other species have the shorter beak of the Linnet. 



Fring. citrinella,'h.', Le Venturon; Enl. 658, 2; Vieill. Gal. 62; 

 Naum. 124, 3, 4. Olive above; yellowish beneath; back of the 

 head and neck ash coloured. 



Fring. serinus, L.; Le Cini; Enl. 658, 1; Naum. 123. Olive 

 above; yellowish beneath; spotted with brown; a yellow band on 

 the wing. Two birds from the mountains of the south of Europe, 

 about the size of the Fr. spinus. 



Fring. canaria, L. Enl. 202, 1. (The Canary Bird.) Is larger, 

 and the facility with which it breeds, in a state of confinement, 

 together with its melodious and powerful song, have dissemi- 

 nated it every where, and caused it to vary so much in colour, 

 that it is difficult to ascertain its original hue. It mixes with 

 most of the other species of this genus. (l) 



(1) Among the birds foreign to Europe, which cannot be distinguished from the 

 Linnets by any generic character, we place, Fring. lepida,- Fr. tristis, Enl. 202, 

 2-Fr. idera, Enl. 364; i^r. nitens, Enl. 224; i^. senegalla, Vaill. Ois. cli. pi. 

 ix; i^. amandava, Enl. 115, 2 andS;- i^. granatina, Enl. 109, 3; i^. hengalus, 

 F. angolemis, Enl. 1 15, 1 -.CardueUs cucullata, Swains. Zool. 111. There are other 

 species also, called asirils, hengalis and scnegullis. In the work of Vieillot, entitled 

 Ois. chant, de la zone torride, such as the Fr. bicolor, pi. ix; Fr. tricolor, pi. xx; 

 cinerea, 6; caerulescens, S^melpoda, 7; viridls, 4; erythronotos, 14; quinticolor, 

 15;rubriventns, \?>; frontalis or Lox. frontalis, I>. 16; J', guttata, 3; add 

 Fring. melanotis, Temm. Col. 151, 1; Fr. sanguinolenta,lh. 2; Fr. polyzona, lb. 

 3;Fr. otokucus. Tern. Col. 269, 2, 3---Fr. simplex, Lichtenst. Col. 358; i^r. 

 lutea, Col. 365; jP/-. ornata, Pr. Max. Col. 208. The pretended Emberiza oryzi- 

 vora, Enl. 388, has also the same beak; but the stUf and pointed quills of the tail 

 distinguish it. 



See also the numerous Finches described by M. Ch. Bonaparte, Ann. of New 

 York Lye. II, December 1826, p. 106, et seq. {See Jipp. XXI of Am. Ed.] 



