Female. 
Locality. 
284 PASSERES. FRINGILLA. Go.princu 
low. Greater wing-coverts black. tipped with sulphur- 
yellow. Upper parts siskin-green, having the centers of 
the feathers streaked with blackish-green. Flanks grey- 
ish-white, with a few dark streaks. Abdomen white 
Under tail-coverts white, spotted with black. Legs and 
toes yellowish-brown. 
Fig. '7. The female, also of the natural size. 
The whole of the upper parts, cheeks, and sides of the 
neck siskin-green, intermixed with oil-green, and spotted 
with blackish-green. Under parts yellowish-white, in 
some places passing into primrose-yellow ; with streaks 
of greenish-grey or blackish-green upon the breast, 
flanks, and under tail-coverts. Wings and ‘tail blackish- 
brown, margined with sulphur and primrose yellows.— 
White and other varieties of this species are frequently 
found. 
* Goldfinch.—Fringilla carduelis, Linn. 
PLATE 55. Figs. 8, 9. 
Fringilla carduelis, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 318. 7.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 903. sp. 7.— 
Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 449.—Raii, Syn. p. 89. A. 1.—Will. p. 189. 
—Briss. 3. p. 53. 1. 
Le Chardonneret, Buff: Ois. v. 4. p. 187. t. 10.—Jd. Pl. Enl. 4. ft 1. 
Gros-bec Chardonneret, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 376. ~ 
Distel Zeisig, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 1. p. 200.—Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 
v- 1. p. 167.—Frisch. t. 1. f. 2. A, B. 
Goldfinch, or Thistlefinch, Br. Zool. 1. No. 124.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 283. H. 
—Will. (Ang.) p. 246. t. 46.—Albin. 1. t. 64.—Lath. Syn. 3. p. 281. 4.— 
Lewin’s Br. Birds, 2. t. 81.—Mont. Ornith. Dict. 1.— Wale. Syn. 2. t. 219. 
—Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 12.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, p. t. 165.—Shaw’s Zool. 
v. 9. p. 460. t. 68. bad copy from Bewick. 
Provincial, Gold-Spink. 
This beautiful finch is common in all but the mountainous 
parts of Brita. Being in high estimation, on account both 
of its plumage and song, (which is sweet in tone, and varied 
in delivery), it is very frequently kept in a state ef confine- 
