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GOLDFINCH. 



LASS 



n. 



XX. FJNCH. BILL perfe6lly conic, flender towards the end, 



and fharp-pointed. 



124. Gold- 

 finch. 



Belon av. 35^3. 

 Carduelis. Gefner a-v. 242. 

 JUr. av. II. 349. 

 Cardelli. Olina, 10. 

 Goldfinch, or Thifllefinch. 



Wil. orn. 256. 

 Rail fyn. av. 89. 

 Le Chardonneret. Briton arj. 



III. 53. 

 PL Enl. 4. f. u 



Cardellino. Z'man, 59, 

 Fringilla carduelis. Lin.fyji, 



3.8. 

 Stiglitza. Faun. Suec.fp, 236. 

 Stiglitz; Br. 2^y. Siopoli; 



No. 211. 

 Stiglitz. Kram. 365. Diftel- 



finck. Frifchy I. i. 

 Br. Zool. 108. plate V. f. l. 



Descrip. 



rp: 



HIS is the mod beautlfull of our hard bil- 

 led fmall birds ; whether we confider its 

 colors, the elegance of its form, or the mufic of its 

 note. The bill is white, tipt with black, the bafe 

 is furrounded with a ring of rich fcarlet feathers : 

 from the corners of the mouth to the eyes is a 

 black line : the cheeks are white : the top of the 

 head is black •, and the white on the cheeks is 

 bounded almofl; to the forepart of the neck with 

 black : the hind part of the head is white : the 

 back, rump, and bread, are o£ a fine pale tawny 

 brown, lighted on the two lad : the belly is white: 

 the covert feathers of the wings, in the male, are 

 black : the quil-feathers black, marked in their 

 middle with- a beautifull yellow s the tips white : 



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