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a resident also in Madeira, the Canaries, Africa, Syria, Asia Minor and Per¬ 
sia. In plumage, it greatly resembles the American siskin, or yellow bird. 
CHAFFINCH. KING WIDOW-BIRD RED-BILLED WIDOW-BIRD. GARNET HUMMING BIRD. 
AMADUVAT. GREEN FINCH. SENEGAL FINCH. EUROPEAN 
YELLOW-HAMMER. 
SKYLARK. 
CRESTED LARK. 
LYRE BIRD. 
TITMOUSE. 
CRESTED TIT. 
IE WARBLER. FIELD LARK. 
The eggs are four or five in number, greenish-white in color, spotted and 
streaked with purplish-brown and markings of violet-gray. 
