. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . /^//, fc^. aZZ-znlfe/Jjx. t ay£/z l£. Jmu . {ycr/^//inc/l-. r^i) llse Goldfinch, LXIV. ITS Weight is one Ounce and one Dram ; its Length from the End of the Bill to theEnd of the Tail, fiye Inches and a half; Breadth between the Wings when extend-ed, nine Inches and a quarter; its Head is big confidering the Bulk of his Body, and itsNeck Ihort; the Bill whitifh, but in fome Birds black at the very Pomt, of a conicalFigure, a little more than half an Inch

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. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . /^//, fc^. aZZ-znlfe/Jjx. t ay£/z l£. Jmu . {ycr/^//inc/l-. r^i) llse Goldfinch, LXIV. ITS Weight is one Ounce and one Dram ; its Length from the End of the Bill to theEnd of the Tail, fiye Inches and a half; Breadth between the Wings when extend-ed, nine Inches and a quarter; its Head is big confidering the Bulk of his Body, and itsNeck Ihort; the Bill whitifh, but in fome Birds black at the very Pomt, of a conicalFigure, a little more than half an Inch long; its Tongue (harp, Eyes Hazel coloured ;.a Ring of Scarlet coloured Feathers encompafles the Bafis of the Bill; from the Eyes tothe Bill, on each Side, is a Line of black ; the Jaws are white, and the Top of thaHead black, from which a broad black Line produced on both Sides, almofl to the Neck,terminates the white ; the Neck and fore-part of the Back are of a fulvous or yellowi{hbrown; the Rump, Breaft and Sides arc the fame, but paler, the Belly white, the Wings-and Tail black j the Tips of the principal Feather

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