CHAFFIN CFL — Fringilla ccelebs . GOLDFIN CH . — Fringilla carduelis. 
The Finches are all little birds, many’ and brightly coloured. 
The Chaffinch is one of our commonest field birds, being spread over the 
whole of England in very great numbers, and frequenting hedges, fields, and gar~ 
dens with equal impartiality. It is a most gay and lively little bird, and whether 
singly, or assembled in large flocks, it always adds much life to the landscape, and 
delights the eye of every one who is not a farmer or a gardener, both of which 
personages wage deadly war against the bright little bird. For the Chaffinch is 
apt at times to be a sad thief, and has a strong liking for young and tender vegetables. 
Of all the British Finches, none is so truly handsome as the Goldfinch, a bird 
whose bright hues suffer but little even when it is placed in close proximity to the 
more gaudy Finches of tropical climates. There are few prettier sights than to 
W&tch a cloud of goldfinches fluttering along an hedge, chasing the thistledown as 
it is whirled away by the breeze, and uttering all the while their sweet merry notes. 
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