Class II. SISKIN.. 541 



the lower half of each feather is yellow, the upper 

 binxk : the exterior coverts of the wings are black : 

 the two middle feathers of the tail are black •, the 

 reft above half way are of a mod lovely yellow, 

 with black tips. The colors of the female are pa- 

 ler : her throat and fides are white fpotted with 

 brown -, the head and back are of a greenifh afla 

 color, marked alfo with brown. 



Mr. Willughhy tells us, that this is a fong bird r 

 that in Sujfex it is called the barley-bird^ becaufe it 

 comes to them in barley -feed time. We are inform- 

 ed that it vifics thcie iflands at very uncertain 

 times, like the grofbeak, &c. It is to be met with 

 in the bird fhops in London, and being rather a 

 fcarce bird, fells at a higher price than the meric 

 of its fong defer ves : it is known there by the name 

 of the Aberdavine. The bird catchers have a notion 

 of its coming out of Riijfia, Dr. Kramer * informs 

 us, that this bird conceals its neft with great art 5 

 though there are infinite numbers of young birds in 

 the woods on the banks of the Danube, that feem 

 ]uft to have taken flight, yet no one could difcovcF 

 it. 



* Kramer eknch. "xGd, 



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