BIRD 
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Clafs II.] 
mafter’s fhoulders, and at command go thro’ a 
various and difficult leflon. It is alfo faid they 
may be taught to fpeak. 
The male is diftinguiffied from the female by 
the ffiperior blacknefs of its crown, and by the 
rich crimfon that adorns the bread:: that of the 
female being of dirty buff color. In the fpring 
S. 
thefe birds frequent our gardens, and are very de- 
ftru&ive to our fruit trees, by eating the tender 
buds. They breed about the latter end of May, 
or beginning of June , and are feldom feen at 
that time near houfes, as they chufe fome very re¬ 
tired place to breed in. Thefe birds are fome* 
times wholly black. 
SPECIES IV. 
The houfe-lparrow. WiL orn . 249* 
Raii fyn. av. 86. 
Paffer* Gefner av. 643- 
H E fparrow is fo well known, as to 
make any defcription needlefs : we lhall 
only fay, that the male is diftinguiffied 
from the female by a black fpot under the chin ; 
by the crown of the head, and the cheeks being 
affi-colored, and by the fuperior brightnefs of the 
feathers on the back. Sparrows are proverbially 
falacious : they breed early in the fpring, make 
The Sparrow. 
Briffon av. III. 72. 
Fringilla domeftica. Lin. JyJl. 183. 
their nefts under the eaves of houfes, in holes of 
walls, and very often in the nefts of the martin, 
after expelling the owner. Linnaeus tells us, 
that this infult does not pafs unrevenged $ the 
injured martin affembles its companions, and by 
their affiftance plaifter up the entrance with dirt 5 
then fly away twittering * for very joy, and leave 
the invader to periffi miferably. 
* A volant ovantes. Vide Faun, fuec. 99. 2d. Edition. 
SPECIES V. The Greenfinch. Plate U. Fig. 5. 
Wit orn. 246. 
Raii fyn. av. 85. 
Chloris. Gefner av. 258. 
T H E head and back of this bird are of 
a yellowifti green ; the edges of the 
feathers are grey ; the rump more yel¬ 
low : the breaft is yellow; the lower belly white : 
the edges of the outmoft quil feathers are yellow, 
the next green, the fartheft grey : the tail is a 
little forked 1 the two middle feathers are wholly 
dulky: the exterior webs of the four outmoft 
feathers on both fides the tail are yellow. Thefe 
Briffon av. m. 190. 
Loxia chloris. Lin. fyft. 174. 
birds are very common in this ifland : they make 
their neft in hedges; the outfide is compofed 
of hay or ftubble, the middle part of mofs, the 
infide of feathers, wool, and hair. They lay 
five or fix eggs of a pale green color, marked with 
blood colored fpots. Their native note has no¬ 
thing mufical in it; but a late writer on finging 
birds fays, they may be taught to pipe or whiftle 
in imitation of other birds. 
SPECIES 
