British birds. 
*95 
THE PIED FLYCATCHER. 
GOLDFINCH. 
( Mufcicapa Atricapilla , Lin. — Le traquet <T Angleterre^ Buff.) 
Length near five inches : Bill black ; eyes ha- 
zel ; the forehead is white ; the top of the head, 
back, and tail are black ; the rump is dalhed with 
afh colour ; the wing coverts are dufky, the great- 
er coverts are tipped with white ; the exterior 
fides of the fecondary quills are white, as are alfo 
the outer feathers of the tail ; all the under parts, 
from the bill to the tail, are white ; the legs are 
black : The female is brown where the male is 
black ; it like wife wants the white fpot on the fore- 
head. This bird is no where common ; it is in 
moft plenty in Yorkfhire, Lancashire, and Derby- 
shire. Since the cut, which was done from a ftuf- 
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