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C A RDUE L I S CANICEPS.
Card, b ru n n e s c en ti-ca n u s ; alis caudaque n ig r i s ; circula a n g u s to f r o n t e m r ic tum g u lam q u e
c ir cum c in g en te coccineo ; fa s c i a a la rum a u r eâ ; thorac e , maculis p a u c is a larum , u ro p yg io ,
ahdomine imo, crisso, re c tr icum e x te rn a rum p o g o n iis in te rn is , m ed iam m q u e a p ic ib u s albis.
S ta tu r a Card, cominunis.
T he fact that many of tlie most common birds o f the British Isles are represented by species similar, though
perfectly distinct, in some o f the remotest regions o f the globe, is nowhere more strongly illustrated than in
the jireserit instance, the Carduelis caniceps, which, altlioiigli differing in several resjiects, is not, as may at
first sight be perceived, a perfect Goldfinch. The general form and the disposition of the colours, the red
front, and more particularly the gold markings on the wing, a t once remind the English naturalist of his
native species. No account of its habits has reached us. but it appears to be a bird of rare occurrence.
The forehead, the superciliary line, base of tbe under mandible, arid throat, are scarlet ; the top of the head,
occiput and back, olive grey ; the wings are black with a golden band ; the rnmp white ; the tail black, the
tips o f the two middle and the inner webs of the two external feathers being white ; the under surface is
pale brownish grey ; beak and tarsi flesh colour.
T a b . X X X I I I ., Fig. %.
C A RD U E L I S S P INOlDES .
M a s . C ard, f r o n t e , occ ipite , collo corporeque i t f r a , p t i l i s , p te r om a tum a pic ibus, fa s c i a rem ig um ,
r e c tr icum q u e la te ra liu n i basibus f a v i s ; c a p ite su p ra dorsoque o liv a c e is ; alis caudaque
fu s c e s c e n ti-n ig r is .
Fcem. ? Coloribus tn in u s s a tu r a t i s ; abd om in e dorsoque oUvac eofusco s tr ia tis .
S l a t a r a p a u ló m a jo r c juam Card. S p in i.
T he near relation which this species bears to our Aberdevine, or Siskin, is no less obvious and singular than
that o f the last to tlic Goldfinch; and it is an iutercsting point, which the naturalist will not fail to remark,
that two birds which arc so closely connected in form and locality in our own climate, should each have its
distinct though close rcjiresentative assimilated equally iu exterior appearance as well as local distribution in
a country so far apa rt from us as the Himalayan mountains.
T o the habits o f tliis species much the same observations will apply as those of the one pre c eding;—
the Siskin being the most probable type to be looked to in its mode of life and means of subsistence.
The forehead, occiput, sides of tbc neck, shoulders, tips o f tbc greater coverts, and outer webs a t the basal
extremity of the quills, are yellow; the baek olive brown, the quills and tail having a blackish tinge at their
ti])s, the feathers o f the la tte r being yellow a t the ir base ; the beak is flesh colour with a dark culmen; the
tarsi are of a pale flesh colour.
Both these species arc figured o f their natural size.