NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



THE SISKIN. 



THIS favourite cage 

 pet measures a 

 little over four and 

 a half inches in 

 length, has the top 

 of the head black 

 and the upper parts 

 of the body green- 

 ish-olive, streaked 

 with black, except 

 the greater wing coverts 

 and quills, which are brown- 

 ish-black, tipped and bor- 

 dered with yellow; rump yellow, upper 

 tail coverts greenish-olive. The tail is 

 slightly forked and dusky black, yellowish 

 on the upper half, except in the case of 

 the two centre feathers. A yellow streak 

 runs over and behind the eye. Chin 

 black, throat and breast yellowish-green, 

 under parts greyish-white streaked with 

 dusky black. 



The female is a trifle smaller, and lacks 

 the black on her crown and chin. 

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