5Q® The Hijlory of ANIMALS. 
the beak is robuft and conic, and the Tides of the under chap of it are comprefted, and 
of a fingular form : the throat is of a fine bright yellow, as is alfo the belly ] the 
bread: has fome what of a reddifli tinge, mixed with that colour : the head is yellow, 
but there is a greenifh tinge in it, and an admixture of brown : the fhoulders are of a 
mixed green and grey j the feathers which cover the back are black in their middle, 
but their edges have a tinge of greenifh and greyifh, and fome what of brown : the fe¬ 
male is, in general, of a paler colour than the male, and has lefs yellow about her: 
the male, in the dimmer months, when viewed in front, appears almoft entirely 
yellow. 3 
This is very frequent with us. All the writers on birds have defcribed it. Gefner 
calls it Emberiza flava j Bellonius, Hortulanus ; Aldrovand, Luteas alterum genus. 
Fringilla corpore albicante , alts et cauda virefcentibus. 
The whitijh Fringilla , with the wings and tail greenifh . 
3Cfte Cana- 
rg4rfrlr- 
This is about the fize of the chaffinch, and much refembles it in ffiape : the head 
is large and rounded j the eyes are fmall, but bright: the beak is robuft and ffiarp- 
pointed, but it is fhort, and of a conic figure. The whole bird, in it’s natural ftate, 
is of a cream colour, or yellowifh-white, except that the principal feathers of the 
wings and tail are greenifh; but with us, as bred in cages, and under various acci¬ 
dents, it differs greatly in colour. 
It is a native of the Canary Iflands, whence it has it’s name 5 but the melody of 
it’s voice has occafioned it to be brought into all parts of Europe, and it will be eafily 
made to breed with us in cages. All the writers on birds have mentioned it. Gefner 
calls it Canaria ; the others, with one voice, Pafler Canarienfis. We are not to fup- 
pofe all the accidental differences we fee in it are any thing more than varieties. 
Fringilla nigro et fufco variegata , collo virefcente . 
“The brown and black variegated Fringilla, with 
a green neck . 
30)e JBerlttcct'o* 
This is of the bignefs of the yellow-hammer, but the body is flenderer : the head 
is large, and of an oval form ; the eyes are fmall, and their iris hazel j the beak is 
fhort, thick, very robuft, and in the male red all over j but in the female the upper 
chap is black, and the under one blue : the head is of a greyifh-brown colour, varie¬ 
gated with black; the back is alfo of the fame colours, but there is lefs of the black 
in it: the breaft and the throat are grey in the male ; indeed there is a rednefs diffufed 
among the grey of the breaft : the rump is of a darker brown, and has fome red alfo 
in it: the wings are moderately long, and are elegantly variegated with white, green¬ 
ifh, and brown: the tail is compofed of twelve feathers, and is principally brown, 
but there is fome black, and fome white in it j it is about an inch and half in length. 
This is frequent in moft parts of Europe, but we have it not in England. All the 
writers on birds have defcribed it, and they have all called it Hortulanus $ the Italians 
call it Berluccio. 
Fringilla capite cinereo , dorfo grifeo, peElore rubetite* 
The Fringilla , with a grey head and back, and a 
reddijh breaft. 
%l)t greater 
%im et. 
This is of the bignefs of the common fparrow: the head is fmall and deprefled 1 
the eyes are fmall, and their iris hazel; the beak is fmall, conic, and acute; the head 
is of a pale afh colour, often with a tinge of red 5 the back is of a dufky browniftt- 
grey : the bread: and belly in the female are of a pale whitifh-grey, but in the male 
there is a great blufti of red on the breaft. 
The 
