BRITISH BIRDS. 265 



THE GOLDFINCH. 



GOLDSPIXK, OR THISTLE FIXCH. 



(Fringilla Carduclis, Linn. Gros-bcc chardonncrct, 

 Temm.) 



THE bill is white, tipped with black; the fore- 

 head and chin a rich scarlet, which is divided by 

 a black patch passing from each corner of the bill 

 to the eyes, which are dark ; the cheeks are white ; 

 top of the head black, which colour extends down- 

 ward from the nape on each side, dividing" the 

 white on the cheeks from the white spot on the 

 hinder part of the neck; the back and rump are 

 cinnamon brown; the sides the same, but paler; 

 belly white ; lesser wing coverts black ; quills 

 black, marked in the middle of each feather with 

 yellow, forming, when the wing is closed, a large 

 patch; the tips white; the tail feathers are black, 

 with a white spot on each near the end ; legs pale 

 flesh red. 



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