GOLDFINCH. 



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whole of the head, neck, back, and sides of the chest, arc 

 nearly uniform greyish brown ; the other parts resemble in 

 colour those of the female, " The black begins to appear on 

 the head of the young Goldfinches about the middle of Sep- 

 tember, and the red at the end of that month. On one 

 which was kept in confinement, the black colour first showed 

 itself on the 1st of October, and was perfect on the first of 

 November ; the face was covered with a dull orange, much 

 mixed with black ; it is some time before the head assumes 

 its perfect covering."* 



* Field Naturalist's Magazine. 



