GOLDFINCH, AND SISKIN. 



H. Goldfinch, Br. Zoo!. I. N° 124. 

 Stiglitza, Fatm. Suec. N° 236. 



Le Chardoneret, De Buffoa,- iv. 187, — PL Enl. 4. — Latham, ii. zSt. — Lef. Mus, 

 Bl.Mus. 



T^ With the bafe of the bill encircled with rich fcarlet : cheeks 

 white : crown black ; primaries dulTcy, marked with a rich 

 yellow fpot : tail black ; tips white : feathers round the bill of the 

 Female brown : other colors lefs brilliant. 



This elegant bird is found as high as Sondmor * : whether it goes Peace. 



farther north, is rather doubtful j-. In ltaly\ appears in April: 

 breeds; and retires in O£lober and Noveml'er. Is common in RuJ/ia, 

 and the greateft part of Sibiria. None beyond the Lena, and lake 

 Baikal. 



I. Siskin, Br. Zool. i. N" 129. 



Le Tarin, De Buffon, iv. 221.— P/. Enl. 485. 



Si&a, Groufiika, Faun, Suec. N" 237. — Latham, ii. 28g.- 



T^ With a black crown : body yellowifh ; green above : breaft the 

 • fame : wings green, with a yellow fpot in the middle : tail 

 black; yellow at the bafe: head and back of the Female greenilh 

 afh, fpotted with brown. 



Found as high as Sweden, and perhaps Norway \, In Sweden,. Place. 



during fummer, lives in woods, and among junipers : in winter, 

 conforts with Red-headed Linnets, and feeds on the buds of alders. 

 Plenty in the fouth and weft of Rujfia, but none towards the Urallian 

 chain, nor in Sibiria. 



• Strom. 255. f Gunner f'la Leems, 25^, J Siifgen? Pontejipidtin, ii. g^^ 



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