FRINGILLA, 
manly two broods in a year, The goldfinch is obferved to 
eit moft in thafe ee hag thiftles occur in the 
teft plenty, and hence called by early Engh 
a. the thiftle finch. The ° foeds of the thie isa eae 
ood with this aa it will alfo feed on hemp and other feeds 
aaa: nfedts. The a is aoe for 
chagrin and as it fings charmingly, it 
is frequently - cages. The male “differs from’ the 
female chiefly in oe ee eee and beauty of its 
colours. The varieties of th finch are alto ogether nu- 
merous, among w ‘hich the followi ing are confidered the moft 
permanent. 
1. Carduelis leucocephalos, Brifl.  Chardonneret a téte 
blanche, Buff. /Vhite- Tend goldfinch, Will. In this the 
ae of the bill and eyes are ae, 
2. Carduelis capite fri iato, Briff. 
Buff. oe Brown, Jamaica. 
with red or yellov 
. Carduelts melancepbalo Brif.  Chardonneret & téte 
noire, Buff. The head black ; fometimes the neck of this 
— is alfo black, and ae bill fpotted a at the bafe Wis red. 
4. Carduelis — Chardonneret blanchdétre, Buff. 
W, hin ae » Will. "A variety of ail mee with 
the cheeks, and chin red; and the’ wings and tail 
ardonneret a téte raybe, 
Naving the head fed 
eal ae 
Corda is nigra, Briff. Chardonneret acir, Buff. En- 
tirely ae Se 
he plumage of the goldfinch, like that of the lark and 
fome ao {mall birds, becomes black from the bird feeding 
on he emp feed, a fa&t “extremely well authenticated by the 
experiments of modern ornithologitts. 
6. Carduelis nigra idlerocephalos, Briff Earduelis — 
Ray, Char. cinereh mira toe jaune, Bu ir bins, 
id the ve gold inch, Will. This is piles larger than. he om- 
finch ; the bill furrounded with a ing rou-coloured’ 
- Like the former ‘his Rage the 
nch in nee ude s the colo e head 
are fimilar to im ordinary kind, but more cbeure the upper 
arts of the body yellowifh-brown ; under s_ yellow 
wings as in the goldifinch, and the tail i et the tip 
black. ‘This is the hybrid between the goldfinch and 
» Le Chardonn-ret blanc, Brifl. A variety wholly white. 
Sometimes the white variety has the outer edge of the quills 
tinged with yellow, or a little mixture of yellow on the 
In others thofe parts of the phimage which 
ird are red, exhibit a faint bluth or tint o 
that colour ; or are more or lefs mottled. with red. 
Canwnazina. Chefnut-brown, beneath scandal 
wings witha ch ager ia pay ren on'the crow 
breaft red. Linn. JZinaria » Aldr. Grande linotte 
Buff. “Greater red-beaded linnet, Ray. Greater 
rea- pees soles 
s pretty aes is a a inhabitant of Europe and America 
zs fize is rather lefs than that of the common lnnet, and 4 
length nearly the fam The head of the female is ath- 
coloured, fpotted wit th black, the back and fcapulars of a 
ice aria ta a breaft and fides dirty yellow, ftreaked 
with dufky ki 
LINARIA. nn varied with grey; beneath reddifh- 
white ; Pills with a ear white band ; crown and breaft 
red. Lefer redp 
ieee ee | "Europ e. The fize is ania 
dels than ig of the greater ans 3.the bill and legs 
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brown ; the back black + fides marked with narrow: dufky- 
meee and th the legs dufky, The female has a fpot of faffpon. 
on the fro 
Li Chefnut-brown, beneath whitifh ; 3 wings with 
a longitudinal white band ; tail-feathers each fide caged with 
white. Connon innet, 
Size of ie laft. The bil! 
IM is grey, with the tip brown ¢ 
fides of the neck cmereous ; throat 
; ottom of the. 
n athe ae aa ung birds 
ing This ee inhabits- 
Europe, and feeds jeeps on rene feed, which it pecla. 
before it eats. 
The linnet is common in England, care is often’ . ite 
ages, being in high efteem for the fweetnefs of j 
Tt atfo breeds in this country. ‘The neft, which i cme 
of dried herbs, grafs, and mofs, and lined with hair and 
wool, is ufually built in ieee of blagk and white thorn, 
or in a.furze buth. The fe male lays from idk to five white 
the hemp feed. Linnets 
a white pee yas igi which 
ia the quills and a black, edged wit 
ARIA. Billa d body ftraw- eleiee 3 al and tail- 
feathers Lien Linn. Le Serin des Canaries, Briff. 
Ganary: bird, W- 
In a wild fate the canary bird is, as the name impliesy amr 
inhabitant of the Canary iflands ; and is alfo found in other 
plaees, as.Palma, Cape Verd, Fayal, and Madeira, where 
it frequents watery places, and. ‘feeds on feeds, efpecially thofe- 
of the hemp. and canary-grafs. The delightful fong of the 
canary bird is familiar to every one. They ar 
vaft numbers, and tranfported from their ce climate to 
anary bind, befides becoming produétive oak its: 
own fpecies in European a. wi 
canar bird ‘el not aflimilate wit he. 
as of oe birds, ae ee mutt be of the ae kind: 
to produce this ution oung obtained from croffing, 
the breeds are in ae ae, though: the contrary does: 
a apa happen. 
enumeration of the many varieties of thefe birds that 
are . be found in a ftate of domeftication, wo uld be altoges 
ther tedious ; we may bri 
the revaili 
iring ie wih yee 
It is a lo eis bird, attaining to the age of ten or fifteen: 
years, or, according to Salerne, even as far as eigliteen. 
AcRouRA. ‘Body fufcous, with blackith ‘pots, beneath 
pale cinereous, tail wedge-formed and. elongated, the twa. 
middle tail-feathers n oe pointed,, and: greenith- brown,. 
Gmel. ay cline Fach, L ath.. 
From Cayen agrees: with a ane 
and bill b 
Fulcous; reer sie sat 
3C with, 
le : 
feven inches ce a " nalf, aa legs ngth 
ARGENTORATENSI§. 
