. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . ing blood-colour. On each side of the face is a bed of white feathersextended above and below the eye. The crown of thehead is black, a list of which colour falls down behindthe white, on each side of the face. The back part ofthe head, the neck, the back, and rump, are red-brown,with a cast of chesnut. The coverts of the tail areblack, with white tips and edges. The tail consists of twelve feathers. T
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . ing blood-colour. On each side of the face is a bed of white feathersextended above and below the eye. The crown of thehead is black, a list of which colour falls down behindthe white, on each side of the face. The back part ofthe head, the neck, the back, and rump, are red-brown,with a cast of chesnut. The coverts of the tail areblack, with white tips and edges. The tail consists of twelve feathers. The two mid-dle ones have white tips. The two outmost have eacha white spot on the inner web. All the rest of the tailis black. The quill feathers are black, having white tips, andhalf the length of their exterior edges of a lovely yel-low. The lower half of the larger covert feathers areof the same yellow. The breast is of a reddish belly and under coverts of the tail white. The Goldfinch feeds on the seeds of aggregate flow-ers, particularly those of the various species of have figured him feeding on the common * spearthistle. * Carduus lanceolatus. ^^^. ,,%> ^i V. e vAi.^:iOG^: MA US^A % 22 NEST AND EGGS OF THE GOLDFINCH. PLATE XXII. Goldfinches sometimes build their nest in hedgebushes; sometimes, as in the present instance, on theextreme branch of some tall tree, where they can con-ceal it among the leayes. This nest was built on a branch of the greater ^map-ple~tree, commonly called plane-tree, or sycamore. Several leaves were displayed like an umbrella overthe nest; others hung down about the sides tree was at that time in blossom. The outside of the nest consists of various kinds ofmoss, very neatly platted together with small blades ofdried grass, and a few small roots. The next coatconsists of down gathered from the receptacle of thecommon -^ dandelion, mixed amongst which I find manyof the yellow florets of the aggregate. The innermo
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