460 



GOLD-FINCH* 

 (Fringilla Carduelis.) 



Fr. remigibus antrorsum luteis, extima immaculata y rectricibus 



duabus extimis medio reliquisque apice albis. 

 Finch with the quills in front yellow, the outer one immaculate ; 



the two outer tail-feathers white in the middle, the rest so at 



the tip. 



Fringilla Carduelis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 318. 7. — Lin. Faun. 



Suec.236.-r-Gmel Syst. Nat. 1. 903. — Bris. 3. 53. 1. — Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 1.44,9. 58. 

 Le Chardonneret. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 187./ 10.— Buf. PL 



Enl. 4./.1, 



Gold, or Thistle -Finch. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 124. — Penn. Arct. 



Zool. 2. 283. h. — Hayes. Brit. Birds. 34. — Albin. Birds. I. 



64. — Lewin. Brit. Birds. 3. 81. — Montagu. Brit. Birds. 1. — 



Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 165. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 281. 51. 

 jS. nigricans, remigibus Jlavescentibus, corpore subtus einerascente, 



pectore virescente, capistro croceo. 

 Blackish, with the quills yellowish ; body beneath ash-coloured ; 



breast greenish ; capistrum saffron-coloured. 

 Fringilla nigra icterocephalos. Bris. 3. 6l. g. 

 Le Chardonneret noir a tete jaune. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 



207. 8. 



Gold-finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 285. g. 



This elegant little bird is rather less than the 

 Chaffinch : its beak is white, and tipped with 

 black : the forehead and chin are of a rich scar- 

 let ; which is divided by a line of black, passing 

 from each corner of the beak to the eyes, which 

 are likewise black : cheeks white : top of the 

 head black, which colour extends downwards on 

 each side, and divides the white on the cheeks 



