. 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 ... . innermost excepted, which is red on the exteriorside of the shaft. The greater coverts are black, deeplypointed with a pale ash colour. The lesser coverts thesame colour as the back. The upper part of the throat,and the lower jaws, are surrounded with a list of black,which unites with the black of the forehead at the cheeks, breast, and upper part of the belly, are of asoft reddish crimson. Th
. 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 ... . innermost excepted, which is red on the exteriorside of the shaft. The greater coverts are black, deeplypointed with a pale ash colour. The lesser coverts thesame colour as the back. The upper part of the throat,and the lower jaws, are surrounded with a list of black,which unites with the black of the forehead at the cheeks, breast, and upper part of the belly, are of asoft reddish crimson. The lower part of the belly, andcovert feathers under the tail, are white. The tail con-sists of twelve feathers of a glossy purple black. The Bullfinch is not valued for his own song, butfor his beautiful plumage, his great docility and aptnessto take the song of other birds, to whistle after the pipe,or even to speak. Their food is insects and the budsof fruit-trees, particularly the apple, pear, and they are very destructive to the fruit, whenpermitted to haunt fruit-gardens and orchards. Ihave figured the cock on a branch of the * wild-apple,or crab-tree. * Pyrus ss<:v^^~ L;3:;A::y€fti\ MA USA 12 NEST AND EGGS OF THE BULLFINCH. PLATE XII. The hen Bullfinch differs from the cock, in that herbreast is not crimson, but of a dusky red brown. Theback is of a dirty ash colour, and the black of the head,tail, and wings, less bright and glossy. She builds her nest in woods, particularly where sloe-bushes and crab-trees abound. For the ground-workshe makes use of a number of small sticks broken off aproportionable length. These she places cross-wise onthe divisions of a suitable branch, and upon these thenest is built of woody roots, the largest near the bottomand round the sides, the smaller within. The inside, or lining, is made of very fine fibres ofroots, without any other materials. In the nest before me, the diameter of the cavity isu
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