237 
G:.OL DF IWNVC Hy Ciassdh 
XX. FINCH. BILL esfely conic, leur towards the end, 
124. GoLp- 
FINCH. 
5 f 
.DESERIP. 
and ol pointed. 
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Belon av. 353. Cardellino. Zénan. 508 \s 
Carduelis.  Ge/zer av. 242. Fringillacarduelis. Lin. fpf. 
Aldr. av. WU. 3409. 318. 
Cardelli. Ofza, 10. Stightza. Fawn See pp pas 
Goldfinch, or Thiftlefinch. Stiglitz. Br. 257- Scopolz, 
Wil. orn. 256. No. 255 
Reii fir. av. 89. Stiglitz. Kram. 365. Diftel- 
Le Chardonneret.. Briffon av. finck. Frifch, I. 1. 
TY, 53: Br. Zool. 108. plate V. f. 1. 
BE Bala ae hs 
“MHIS is the moft beautifull of our hard bil 
led fmall birds; whether we confider its 
colors, the elegance of its form, or the mufic of its 
note. The bill is white, tipt with black, the bafe 
is f{urrounded with a ring of rich fearlet feathers: 
from the corners of the mouth to the eyes is a 
black line: the cheeks are white: the top of the 
head is .black.; and the white on the cheeks is 
bounded-almoft to the forepart of the neck with 
black: the hind part of the head is white: the 
back, rump, and breaft, are of a fine pale tawny ~ 
brown, lighteft on the two laft: the belly is white: 
the covert feathers of the wings, in the male, are 
black: the quil-feathers black, marked in. their 
middle with a beautifull yellow; the tips white: 
ee the 
