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Stories about birds of land and water (1874)

Kirby, Mary, 1817-1893, Kirby, Elizabeth, 1823-1873 · Hartford [Conn.] : American Publishing Co. · leaf 136

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ds ; but these aretropical relations of our own finch, and are never seen in England. We have many kinds of finches in England. They wear differentcostumes, and are admired for their clean, neat, bright appearance, and thepleasant song they can sing. They have a very great amount of intelligenceand… … GOLDFINCHES. 134 STOJilES ABOUT BIRDS. wears a little black velvet cap that comes down over his cheeks, and there is ascarlet patch over his forehead. His back is brown, and contrasts with the white of his breast; his blackwings are tipped with white, a»nd there is a broad band of rich golden…

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