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INSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



FRINGILLID^E. 



FRINGILLIDM. 



THE GOLDFINCH. 



Carduelis elegans. 



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



Carduelis elegans, 

 Fringilla carduelis, 

 Carduelis elegans., 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 195. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 85. 

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

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 137. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xiv. 



Fringilla carduelis, Gros-bec 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, se- 

 cond, and third quills nearly equal, and longest. Tail moderate, slightly 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 re- 

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

 many are known ; and this distinction has received the 



