DIVISION I. 



FOREIGN BIRDS. 



PART I. 

 FINCHES. Fringillse. 



CHAPTER I. 



General Characteristics of the Finch Tribe. 



OF all the tribes of birds, none, with the 

 exception of the Gallinaceous and the 

 Pigeon order, associate more familiarly 

 and freely with man in a state of nature, 

 and none that evince such docility and 

 such rationality in a state of confinement, 

 as those we now notice. The Finches 

 generally, are either remarkable for their 

 neatness or beauty of plumage, and de- 

 lightful and varied powers of song. Their 

 variation of feather as regards the sexes 



