. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. llM ' i'H. -âIM'. - SISKIN, OE ABERDEVINE,âFrniyi/to s/iii,,,,. They are lively little birds, assembling in small ilocks of eiglit o, ten in number and haunting the edges o brooks and streams for the purpose of seling the seedsTthe elder and other trees, on vvhicli they chiefly Teed. Along tiie banks they are quick and actbe str n'Z/rr"'! wf *° ^^,ana clinging in every imaginabliattitude Sa Wl^?!^ I ' """' hnskness ot gesture much resembling the movements of the titmic
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. llM ' i'H. -âIM'. - SISKIN, OE ABERDEVINE,âFrniyi/to s/iii,,,,. They are lively little birds, assembling in small ilocks of eiglit o, ten in number and haunting the edges o brooks and streams for the purpose of seling the seedsTthe elder and other trees, on vvhicli they chiefly Teed. Along tiie banks they are quick and actbe str n'Z/rr"'! wf *° ^^,ana clinging in every imaginabliattitude Sa Wl^?!^ I ' """' hnskness ot gesture much resembling the movements of the titmice While thus engaged, they constantly utter their sweet ami gentle call-note, whic is so soft hat bird-dealers are m the habit of pairing the Siskin Mith the canary, in ordei o obtain a song-bird wliose voice ,s not so ear-piercing as that of the pure canary Ihe nest of t us bird is usually placed on the fork of a boi gh, and is composed of wool, grass, hairs and similar substances. The eggs are from th?ee to hve in m Er weeks ^''''"° ''â ' "'"'^ "' ' ^''^"^°^'*' ^''"S able ^o take to wing in a monthrlSve The colouring of this bird is remarkable for the veiy peculiar green witli which most of its plumage is tmg.^, and which is spread over the whole of its back and le nC^ portions of Its body The centre of each feather of its back is dark olive-green The op of the head and the chin are black, and a light sulphur-yelh>w is found behind the ear oS !nd he H r This'rV'''" "' ''" quill-feathers of the wings, upon the greatei c^er s Za t^t] I ^ \ ^ vanes in quality and intensity, in some parts behig sulphurous tn^-? n^ 1 r'l "" ?'; ''^"^â ^r '""â '^'''" "'"^'"*^ "*' t^'^' quil'-fcathers of the win is and tail are back washed with olive; the abdomen and under tail-coverts are wMte itrs?b;thf"^ ' 1 "r'Ti J^'I'T^^^'^ ^^ â¢^"""'"â¢'^ -'^-&quo
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