. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE goldfi:n^ch. CARDUELIS ELEGANS. Back of the head, nape, and feathers round the base of the bill black; forehead and throat blood-red ; cheeks, forepart of the neck and lower parts white; back and scapulars dark brown ; wings variegated with black, white and yellow; tail black, tipped with white. Length five inches. Eggs bluish white, speckled with pale purple and brown. This little bird, as sprightly in its habits as it is brilliant in its colouring, is perhaps a more general favourite than any other British bird. Though in its natural state less fam
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE goldfi:n^ch. CARDUELIS ELEGANS. Back of the head, nape, and feathers round the base of the bill black; forehead and throat blood-red ; cheeks, forepart of the neck and lower parts white; back and scapulars dark brown ; wings variegated with black, white and yellow; tail black, tipped with white. Length five inches. Eggs bluish white, speckled with pale purple and brown. This little bird, as sprightly in its habits as it is brilliant in its colouring, is perhaps a more general favourite than any other British bird. Though in its natural state less familiar with man than the Eedbreast, and inferior as a musician to the Lark, the Thrush, and others of our resi- dent birds, it is more frequent as a caged bird than either, and thus is known to tens of thousands of city folk who never heard the wild song of the Thrush, nor saw a Eed- breast under any circumstances. In a cage it is attractive p2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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