128 SISKIN, or ABERDUVINE. 
yellowifh at the rump, and hill more fo on the 
feathers above the tail. 
With regard to thcfe internal qualities that 
more immediately depend on organization or 
in ftin£t, the difference is fliil greater. The 
Sifkin has a fong peculiar to itfelf, inferior to 
that of the Gold-Finch ; it is fond of the feeds 
of the alder, which the ether will not touch, 
and it refigns to the Gold-Finch thcfe of the 
thillle ; it creeps along the branches, and fuf- 
pends itfelf at their extremities like the Tom- 
Tit, fo that it may be conhdered as an interme- 
diate fpecies between this latter and the Gold- 
Finch. Befides, it is a bird of paflage, and in 
its migrations flies very high ; it is heard be- 
fore it is feen : while the Gold-Finch continues 
flationary in our climates all the year round, 
and never flies very high. Laflly, thefe birds 
are never found to affociate together volun- 
tarily. 
The Sifkin learns to draw water like the 
Gold-Finch ; it hasnotlefs docility, and though 
lefs aflive, it has more livelinefs and gaiety ; in 
an aviary it is always the firfl awake, and is the 
firfl to record and fet the example to others j 
but as it has no wifh to hurt, it is itfelf unfufpi- 
cious, and falls eafily into fnares, gins, nets, 
&c. It is more eafily tamed than any other 
bird when taken old ; it is only neceffary for 
fhis purpofe, to prefent it in your hand with 
