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FRINGILLID.E. 



INSESSORES. 



CONIROSTRES. 



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THE GOLDFINCH. 



Fringilla carduelis. The Goldfinch, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 447. 

 ,, ,, ,. Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Carduelis elegans, 

 Fringilla carduelis, 

 Carduelis elesans. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol.i. p. 105. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 85. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 312. 

 Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 137. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xiv. 



Fringilla carduelis, Gros-hec chardonneret, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 376. 



Carduelis. Generic Characters Beak lengthened, conic, compressed; 



the point attenuated and acute ; commissure slightly curved. Nostrils basal, 

 ' lateral, covered by small incumbent plumes. Wings lengthened, pointed ; the 

 first, second, and third quills nearly equal, and longest. Tail nioderate, slight- 

 ly forked. Feet with the middle toe longer than the tarsus, which is equal 

 to the hind toe ; lateral toes short, of equal length ; claws slender, curved 

 and acute. 



The genus Carduelis was proposed by Brisson for the 

 reception of the Goldfinch, and other allied species, of which 



