Oafs II. GOLDFINCH. 373. 



XIV. The GOLDFINCH. 



Atricapilla five Ficedula, Aldr, tra Anglicans.. BriJJin c<v. itf. 



' av. ii. 331. 436. 



Wil. orn.236. Mserfchwarzplanl, Baurmchalbl, 



Raiifyn. a<v. 77. Kram. 377. 



pdw. a<v. 30. Br, Zoo/, piate S. f. I. 

 Le Traquet d'Angleterre, Rube- 



THIS fpecies is inferior in fize to the hedge- 

 fparrow : the bill and legs are black : the fore- Defer, 

 head white : the head, cheeks, and back of a deep 

 black : the coverts of the tail fpotted with white : the 

 lefTer coverts of the wings dufky •, the greater tipt 

 with white : the firft quil-feathers black ; the exterior 

 fides of the others white : the middle feathers of the 

 tail are quite black -, the exterior web of the outmoft 

 feather is white : the underfide of the bird from bill 

 to tail is white. The female differs from the male in 

 thefe particulars. The head, whole part of the body, 

 and the coverts of the wings are of a dull brown 

 color : it wants the white fpot in the forehead ; and 

 the feathers of the wings, which are black in the 

 cock, are dufky in the hen : the white parts alfo 

 are lefs, and not fo pure in the latter. This fpe- 

 cies is not very common in this ifland ; but is 

 fometimes found in DerhJ/mr, Sbropjhire, and 

 flintjhir§. 



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