goldfinch

• I didn't know that the goldfinch is the only one that eats upside down. —  A CHELSEA MORNING
• The men had only succeeded in taking one goldfinch--for which they asked half a crown. —  Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
• "Gay plumage, lively habits, an agreeable form and song, with a disposition to become attached to those who feed them, are such strong recommendations, that the goldfinch has been, and will probably continue to be, one of the most general cage favourites. —  Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
• Notice the human boyish glee with which the Baptist presents the captured goldfinch, and, on the other hand, the divine look, even of majesty and creative love, with which the infant Jesus, laying his hand on the head of the bird, half reproves St John, as it were saying, "Love them and hurt them not." —  The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art
• As with the goldfinch, the reason is, probably, that suitable food for the young cannot be had at an earlier period Like most of our common species, as the robin, sparrow, bluebird, pewee, wren, etc., this bird sometimes seeks wild, remote localities in which to rear its young; at others, takes up its abode near that of man. —  A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV.

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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