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feathers of the wings are ferruginous edged with 

 white ; the row beneath them are marked in the 

 fame manner : the tail is dnfky edged with a brownilh 

 afh-color : the bill is black ; the legs flefh-colored. 



We are obliged to Mr. Edwards for this defcrip- 

 tion, who firft difcovered them to be natives of Tork- 

 fiire. A bird, which he fuppofes to be the female, 

 agreed in mod particulars with the male, but wants 

 the black fpot on the throat and beneath the ears ; 

 and the edges of the tail feathers are of a lighter 

 hue. 



V. The SISKIN. 



Se/ott a<v. 354. Le Serin. BriJJbn a<v. iil. 6^. 

 Acanthis, fpinus, ligurinus. Gef- Fringilla fpinus. Lin. Jyfi '. 32*. 



tier a<v. 1. Siflca, Gronfifka. Faun. Suec.fp t 

 Aldr. av. ii. 352. 237. 



Lucarino. Olina 17. Sifgen. Bntnnichzbx. 



Wil. orn. 261. Zeifel, Zeifcri. Kram. 366. 



Raiifyn. a<u. 91. Br. Zoel. 109. plate V. 



E are unacquainted with this bird ; therefore 

 mud abridge Mr. Wilhugbbfs account of it. 

 The head is black : the neck and back are green ; Defer.' 

 but the (hafts on the latter are black : the rump is of 

 a greeniih yellow : the throat and breaft the fame : 

 the belly white : the vent feathers yellowifh, marked 

 with oblong dufky fpots in their middle : the pinion 

 quil is duiky edged with green : the outward webs of 

 the nine next quil-feathers are green ; the green part 

 is widened by degrees in every feather, till in the lail 

 it takes up half the length : from the tenth almofl the 



lower 



