21^ TREATISE ON 



Of the Young, 



Young Bullfinches are rather delicate bh'ds to 

 bring up. They ought to be ten or twelve days old 

 before taken from the nest, and then kept dry and 

 clean, and rather warm. They must be fed early 

 in the morning, and regularly every two hours 

 during the day. They wall thrive on the same food 

 as that given to young goldfinches and grey lin- 

 nets ; and old bullfinches are fed with the same 

 food and managed in the same manner as old gold- 

 finches, &e. 



Description and Plumage, 



Length nearly six inches ; bill, black, short, thick, 

 and much hooked ; eyes, umber-brown ; crown of 

 the head, as far as the eyes, rich glossy velvet-black, 

 with a tinge of Scotch blue ; the black is sometimes 

 continued from the head under, and round the 

 bill; neck, and upper part of the back, pearl-grey; 

 cheeks, lower parts of the throat, and breast, beauti- 

 ful pale scarlet-red, passing into pale aurora-red, — 

 the red extending pretty far down below the breast, 

 terminating in white towards the tail ; wings and 

 tail bluish-black; upper wing-coverts yellowish- 



