

THE GOLDFINCH. 



Synonymes. 



Fringilla carduelis, 



Chardonneret, 



Distelfink, Stieglitz, 



Jilguero, 



Pintagilgo, 



Calderino, 



Goldfinch, Thistle Finch, 



Of Ornithologists. 

 Of the French. 

 Of the Germans. 

 Of the Spaniards. 

 Of the Portuguese. 

 Of the Italians. 

 i Of the British and 

 Anglo-Americans. 



F all cage birds, this is one of the most delightful, 

 W alike from the beauty of its plumage and the excel- 

 lence of its song, its proved docility, and remarkable 

 animation, whose body is almost always in incessant motion — 

 now moving to the right and now to the left. Its song is 

 shrill, agreeable, and heard during all seasons, excepting only 

 at the period of moulting. It contains, besides many warbling 

 and twittering notes, on which it dwells more or less, and the 

 oftener the syllable Jink is repeated the more it is admired. 

 Some utter these notes only once or twice in their song, and 

 others four or five times in succession. They also repeat airs, 

 and the songs of other birds, but with difficulty ; for they have 

 not the same capacity as linnets and Canaries for these 

 acquisitions. 



Their docility is extraordinary, for they will even learn to 

 lire small cannons and imitate death. They may also be 

 taught to draw up their food and water in a little bucket. 



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