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The Sifkin is a pretty little fpecies of the finch tribe, about the fiza 

 ©f the common linnet : the crown of the male is black, the back 

 greenifh, and the throat brown : in the female the head and neck is 

 gieenifli afii, with brown fpots, and the chin whitifli. The plumage 

 ©f the male is brighter than that of the female, though in other refpects; 

 their appearance is not materially different. 



This bird is common throughout moft of the temperate countries 

 of Europe : it occurs alfo in the weftern and fouthern parts of Ruffia^ 

 ^ut does not inhabit Siberia. In the winter feafon it viiits Britain, 

 and departs again in Spring. It feeds chiefly on feeds of various 

 kinds, is of a docile difpofition, and breeds freely with the common 

 canary-bird. Its note is indifferent, notwithRanding n^any rank it 

 Sinong the birds of fong. 



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