Clafs It] 
BIRDS. 
the quil feathers are dulky; but their exterior 
fides edged with yellow ; the feathers immediately 
incumbent on them are of a deep black, tipt with 
orange : the tail is a little forked : the exterior 
web of the outmoft feather is white, the others 
black, except the two middle, which are edged 
and tipt with alh-color. 
SPECIES IV, 
TVil orn. 252. 
Raii fyih av. 87. 
Edw. av. 269. 
H E crown and hind part of the head 
is of a rally red. The throat is marked 
with a large black fpot: beneath each 
ear is another. The fpace beneath the eyes, and 
the whole under fide of the body are white ; 
the hind part of the neck is encircled with white : 
the borders of the feathers of the back are ferru¬ 
ginous, their middle black : the covert feathers 
of the wings are ferruginous edged with white 5 
the row beneath them are marked in the fame 
manner : the tail is dulky edged with a brownilh 
SPECIES 
TVil. orn. 261. 
Raii Jyn. av. 91. 
Briffon av. III. 65. 
If ~T~ E are unacquainted with this bird ; 
% / %/ therefore mull abridge Mr. JVil- 
* * loughby's account of it. The head 
is black: the neck and back are green ; but the 
fhafts on the latter are black : the rump is of a 
greenilh yellow : the throat and breall the fame : 
the belly white: the vent feathers yellowilh, mark¬ 
ed with oblong dulky fpots in their middle : the 
pinion quil is dulky edged with green : the out¬ 
ward webs of the nine next quil feathers are 
green j the green part is widened by degrees in 
The Mountain Sparrow. 
PafTerinus. Gejner av. 656. 
Palter montanus. Brijftm av. III. 79. 
Fringilla montana. Lin. fy ft. 183. 
alh-color : the bill is black ; the lees flelh- 
colored. 
We are obliged to Mr. Edwards for this de- 
fcription, who firft difcovered them to be natives 
of Torkfhire. A bird, which he fuppofes to be 
the female, agreed in moll particulars with the 
male, but wants the black fpot on the throat and 
beneath the ears; and the edges of the tail fea¬ 
thers are of a lighter hue. 
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V. The Siskin. 
Acanthis, Ipinus, ligurinus. Gefner 
av. 1. 
Fringilla fpinus. Lin. ftyft. 181. 
every feather, till in the laft it takes up half the 
length : from the tenth almoll the lower half of 
each feather is yellow, the upper black : the ex¬ 
terior coverts of the wings are black : the two 
middle feathers of the tail are black ; the reft 
above half way are of a molt lovely yellow, 
with black tips. The colors of the female are 
paler : her throat and fides are white fpotted with 
brown : the head and back are of a greenilh alh- 
color, marked alfo with brown. 
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Mr. 
