FRINGILLA CARDUELIS. 
GOLDFINCH. 
Generic Char-acter. See Fringilla Domeftica. 
Synonyms. 
Fringilla Carduelis. Lin. Syjl. up, 31B. 7. 
Goldfinch or Thistlef inch. Br. ZooL 2. 124, 
Lath. Syn. 3. p. 2,%u Moni. Orn. Di^. 
Bewicks Br. Birds., P/. i./>. 182. 
Th I S beautiful fpecles is In length near five inches ; bill 
conic ; eyes dark hazel ; legs llender. Colours nearly fimilar 
in both fexes, thofe of the female are fcarcely fo vivid, and 
the wing coverts are inclined to brov^^n. The neft is elegantly 
conftruaed, it is externally formed of mofs, dry grafs, and 
lichens, and lined whh the down of thirties, hair, and wool ; 
it ufually lays four or five eggs, of a blueifh white colour, 
nightly fpotted with dark purple at the largeft end. 
The Goldfinch is very common throughout this king^ 
dom ; its docile difpofition, joined to its melody of note, and 
elegance of colours, has long been the caufe of its being kept 
in a ftate of confinement, and in fome inftances we may fay 
of flavery ; as it is not unfrequently obliged to draw up 
xvaiter in a bucket from a confiderable depth, and to procure 
its 
