PINCH. 77 



D.— Carduelis albida, Bris. iii. 59. D. Buf.iv. 204. Will. 257. Var. 4. 



This bird is red on the forehead, cheeks, and throat ; the other 

 parts whitish, except the wings and tail, which are brownish ash- 

 colour, and the yellow on the wings dingy. 



E.— Carduelis Candida, Bris. iii. 60. Id. 8vo. i. 322. Buf. iv. 204. PI. enl. 4. f. 2. 

 Will. 189. 3. Id. Engl. 257. 3. Gen. Syn. iii. 283. E. 



This is wholly white, except the outer edges of the quills, which 

 are yellow ; a little mixture of the same on the wing coverts ; the 

 ends of some of the quills half black, and tipped with white; the 

 legs white. 



One in the Leverian Museum white, with the parts, which are 

 usually rich scarlet, of a pale glossy red. A second wholly white, 

 and a third white, except the crown of the head, which is mottled 

 with red, and a crescent of the same under the throat ; the wings 

 are yellowish. 



Buffon mentions one having a black head ; the red parts very 

 pale ; beneath greyish white ; wing coverts pale olive ; the yellow of 

 the wings as usual ; wings and tail white ; the bill and legs reddish 

 white. This was caught at large. 



F.— Carduelis nigra, Bris. iii. 60. F. pi. 4. f. 5. Buf. iv. 205. 7. Gen. Syn. iii. 284. F. 



General colour black, except four of the middle quills, viz. from 

 the fourth to the seventh, brimstone-coloured on the outer edge, and 

 white within, from the base to the middle; bill and legs whitish. 



Goldfinches, entirely black, are not uncommon ; some have the 

 appearance of red about the head, others not ; of the first I have one 



