The Aberdevine and Nest. 



Aberdevine (Cardueiis spinus, Cuvier.) 



* Belon, Oyseaux, p. 354. — Gesner, Aves, 1. — Aldrovand, Aves, I. p. 352.— Fringilla 

 spinus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 322. 25. — Faun. Suec. No. 237. — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 

 914. sp. 25.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 452. sp. 65.— Scopoli, 1. No. 212.— Brunn. 

 pp. 261, 262.— Muller, p. 256.— Kramer, p.366.—Frisch. 1. 11. Georgi. p. 174.— 

 Klein, 94. et Stem. 20. p. 18. 4.— Borowsky, 3. p. 142.— Faun. Helv. Gerin. 4. 

 p. 361. 2.— Ligurinus, Bail, Syn. p. 9. A. 5. — Will. p. 192. t. 46.— Bris. 3. 

 p. 65. Roman Orn.— Le Tarin, Buf. Ois. 5. p. 221— lb. pi. 485. f. 3. 

 male. — Sepp. Vogelen, t. p. 138. — Gros Bee Tarin, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. 

 p. 371. — Gerard, 2. p. 109. — Roberts, Bouget, p. 227. Lucarino, Olina, Uccel. p. 

 n.— Cetti, Uccel. Sardin, p. 214.— Siskin or Aberdevine, Br. Zool. No. 129.— 

 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 243.— Will, by Ray, p.26l.—Albin.3. t. 76.— Song Birds, p. 83. 

 —Lewin's Br. Birds. 2. t. 82.— Lath. Syn. 3. p. 289. 58.— Mont. Supp. to Orn. 

 Diet. — Bewick's Br. Birds, p. t. 167. — Shaw's Zool. 9. p. 167. t. 79. copy from 

 Bewick. — Bolton, Harm. Rur. p. 26. — Syme, p. 177. — Flem. Br. Anim. p. 85. 

 — Charlotte Smith's Hist, of Birds, 2. p. 63. — Jennings, Orn. p. 233. — Collins, 

 Birds, pi. 8. f. 8. 6.— Wale. Birds, pi. 220.— Lath. Gen. Hist. 6. p. 82. 

 Markham, Linn. Trans. 1. p. 120. 



The Aberdevine nearly resembles the canary termed the green 

 variety, only it is a little less, the tail being- rather shorter in pro- 



* The matter not contained in the first edition of Montagu's Dictionary, will be distinguished 

 by an asterisk at beginning and end. 



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