538 FRINGILLID&. 
INSESSORES. FRINGILLID /E. 
CONIROSTRES, 
THE GOLDFINCH. 
Carduelis elegans. 
Fringilla carduelis, The Goldfinch, Punn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 447. 
” 2 55 Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
” = es Berwick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 195. 
% a es Fem. Brit. An. p. 85. 
Carduelis elegans, ss SeLBy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 312. 
Fringilla carduelis, 5 Jeunyws, Brit. Vert. p. 137. 
Carduelis elegans, o Gou tp, Birds of Europe, pt. xiv. 
Fringilla carduelis, Gros-bee 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. 
Tur 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 
