THE GOLDFINCH. 
Synonymes. 
Fringilla car duel is, 
Chardonneret, 
Distelfink, Stieglitz, 
Jilguero, 
Pintacilgo, 
Calderiiio, 
Goldfinch, Thistle Finch, 
Of Ornithologists. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Of the Spaniards. 
Of the Portuguese. 
Of the Italians. 
i Of the British and 
\ Anglo-Americans. 
® F all cage birds, this is one of the most delightful, 
alike from the beauty of its plumage and the excel¬ 
lence of its song, its proved docility, and remarkable 
animation, whose body is almost always in incessant motion- 
now moving to the right and now to the left. Its song is 
shrill, agreeable, and heard during all seasons, excepting only 
at the period of moulting. It contains, besides many warbling 
and twittering notes, on which it dwells more or less, and the 
oftener the syllable Jink is repeated the more it is admired. 
Some utter these notes only once or twice in their song, and 
others four or five times in succession. They also repeat airs, 
and the songs of other birds, but with difficulty; for they have 
not the same capacity as linnets and Canaries for these 
acquisitions. 
Their docility is extraordinary, for they will even learn to 
fire small cannons and imitate death. They may also be 
