. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 524 PETS PETS The American yelloivbird, or what is really the American goldfinch, is a beautiful lemon-colored bird with a black cap and white wings. It is a universal favorite. The song has a brisk, cheerful ring, although perhaps deficient in variety. The nonpareil, as the name indicates, is without an equal. It has been called by many the " painted finch" or " painted ; Tt has a violet head and neck, a red circle around the eyes, the iris, beak and feet brown, the upper part of the back, throat, che
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 524 PETS PETS The American yelloivbird, or what is really the American goldfinch, is a beautiful lemon-colored bird with a black cap and white wings. It is a universal favorite. The song has a brisk, cheerful ring, although perhaps deficient in variety. The nonpareil, as the name indicates, is without an equal. It has been called by many the " painted finch" or " painted ; Tt has a violet head and neck, a red circle around the eyes, the iris, beak and feet brown, the upper part of the back, throat, chest, and whole under part of the body as well as the upper tail coverts bright red; the wing coverts are green, the quills reddish brown tinged with green, and the tail reddish brown. It is about the size of an English robin and resem- bles that bird in many ways. The Japanese robin.—"The head of the robin is bronze-green, beak yellow, body the color of a mourning dove, eyes black with a circlet of white, throat ecru tint of yellow shading on the breast into orange, wing-feathers black with parti-colored stripes of gold and white, and tail feathers glossy black barred with ; In size, the bird is simi- lar to a bullfinch. Its voice embraces the notes and semi-notes between the low contralto and high tenor. It can also imitate the wild bird's notes and whistles every month in the year. The avadavat, comes to us in great numbers from China, Asia, Africa and India. Unlike other birds, it changes its plumage yearly until the third year. At this time, the head and under part of the body are a fiery red tinged with black, the back brown, tail black, wings a reddish brown; all the feathers are tipped with white, giving the bird an appearance of being specked with white spots. The Gray-blue finch has a song that seems to be a mixture of the canary's and bobolink's, but much finer than either. It adheres to the southern tropical spring month for its breeding and rearing
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