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webs of the outmost feathers of the tail yellow, lower belly white ; 

 length 5| inches. 



FRINGILLA CARDUELIS The Goldfinch; Redcap; Seven-coloured 

 Linnet : Circle round the bill red, breast, back, and rump brown, 

 middle of the wings yellow, tip of the bill, line to the eyes, crown, 

 wings, and tail black, the rest white. The most elegant of our 

 small birds in form, plumage, and nidification. 



2. CJELEBS The Chaff Finch ; PiedFinch: Bill, crown, back, and 

 sides of the neck bluish, forehead, wings, and tail black, three white 

 lutes across the wings, above the eyes, cheeks, and throat red, belly 

 reddish white : female, without red feathers. 



3. MONTIFRINGILLA The Brambling: Back and crown black, 

 edged with brown, chin, throat, breast, and less wing coverts orange> 

 inner coverts yellow, quills edged with yellow, belly whitish ; length 

 six inches. The male is a bird of great beauty : they breed in Scan- 

 dinavia, and a few migrate here in winter. 



4. DOMESTIC A TAe House Sparrow : numerous, and injurious to 

 corn in summer. 



5. MONTANA The Tree Sparrow or White Cap: Back of the neck, 

 under the eyes, and belly white, rest of the body brown and black, 

 legs pale red. Observed here only in autumn and winter, and sup- 

 posed to breed elsewhere. 



6. LINOTA The Common Linnet : Back ash colour and brown, 

 belly white. 



7. CANNABINA The Red-headed Linnet ; Back, scapulars, and 

 coverts red brown, on the forehead a dark red spot, breast pale red, 

 rest black and white. 



EMBERIZA MILIARIS The Bunting: Above olive brown, with 

 black spots, beneath yellow white, edges of the wings and legs yel- 

 low, sides of the tail white; length 7| inches. 



2. CITRINELLA The Yellowhammer ; Goldfinch : Crown, chin, 

 throat, and belly yellow, back of the neck, less wing coverts, 

 part of the quills, and part of the tail green, breast orange, rump 

 brown red ; length six inches. 



3. SCHJENICULUS The Reed Sparrow: Above black, edged with 

 red, beneath white, a white circle round the head of the male ; length 

 near six inches. 



CAPRIMULGUS EUROP/EUS The Goatsucker: Plumage black, 

 white, brown, and ash colour intermixed, mouth purple, irides hazel, 

 weight 2| ounces, length 10 inches. Woods near Walsall, and in 

 Sutton Park : migrates, and found here from April to September. 



