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The Hijlory of ANIMALS. 
FRINGILLA. 
T H E beak of the Fringilla is 
tually receiving one another. 
of a conic figure, and acute; the two chaps mu- 
Fringilla alls flavo nigro et albo variegatis. 
The Fringilla ., with the wings variegated 
with black ., yellow , and white . 
This is fmaller than the common fparrow, and of a more elegant form: the head 
is large and round; the neck fhort and thick ; the eyes are bright, and their iris is of 
a dark hazel: the beak is robuft, fihort, and white, fometimes black juft at the tip. 
The bird is very gaily and elegantly coloured; there is a beautiful fpot of red at the 
bafe of the beak: the top of the head is black, and it’s hinder part white : the neck 
and back are of a mixed colour, compofed of grey, and a reddifti-brown: the belly 
is white; the ground colour of the wings and tail is black, but they are elegantly va¬ 
riegated with yellow and white : the legs are fhort, and the hinder toe is longer than 
any of the others. 
This fpecies is very frequent with us, efpecially on heaths, and by way-fides, 
where there are thiftles, on the feeds of which it feeds. All the writers on birds have 
have named it; they all call it Carduelis. 
Fringilla capite nigrica?ite maculato. (DtCCftfetlll 
The Fringilla y with a black-fpotted head . (BOlD-fittCl)* 
This is of the fize of our common linnet. The head is large, rounded, and well- 
feathered ; the eyes are large; their iris is of a deep hazel; the beak is robuft, fhort, 
and yellow, but black at the tip : the head is black, but there is an elegant fpot of 
white on each fide of it behind the eyes, and fome other variegations: the hinder or 
upper part of the neck is of a reddifh-brown; the back, the wings, and the tail are 
of a greyifh colour, with an admixture of brown: the breaft is white, but there runs 
all down it a longitudinal ftreak of black : the tail is fhort and forked. 
This is a native of Sweden and Denmark. Rudbeck and others call it Carduelis 
Laponica. 
Fringilla alarum baji fubtus flavijfima. 
The Fringilla , with the bafe of the wings '%! 
a gold yellow underneath . 
This is a very beautiful bird ; it is of the fize of the common lark : the head is mo¬ 
derately large and rounded; the beak is a quarter of an inch, or fomewhat more, in 
length, very robuft, and of a conic figure; the bafe is ufually yellow, and the extre¬ 
mity black, but fometimes it is black all over. 
The head, neck, and upper part of the back, in the male, are of a fine fhining black, 
with a changeable tinge of purple : the hinder part towa.d the rump is whitifh ; the 
throat is of a reddifh-brown, with an admixture of yellow : the breaft is white, and 
the feathers behind the anus are reddifh : the principal feathers of the wings are black, 
but they are more or lefs variegated with white and brown : the tail is black, but it 
Is fometimes in part tipped or edged with brownifh or whitifh. In the female, the 
head is of a greyifh-brown; the neck is grey, and the back is variegated with a great 
deal of brownifh- grey at the edges of the feathers. 
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