| 单词 | goldfinch |
| 例句 | A moment after that she was through and pulling it quietly shut, and with Pantalaimon a goldfinch again, she ran for the stairs and fled. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her face is so pale that the bruises under her eyes look bright as goldfinches. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt like a universal pet, and the second she voiced that thought to herself, Pantalaimon stretched his goldfinch wings and chirruped loudly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There will be no house finches, there will be no goldfinches, no Cape May warblers, not even a pigeon. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Well?’ she whispered, and he became a goldfinch on her shoulder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon at her ear, a goldfinch now, whispered, “Be stupid and dim. Be really slow and stupid.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He did so in the flick of an eye, and from a goldfinch he became a rat, a powerful pitch-black rat with red eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In his ear, Asta, in the form of a goldfinch, whispered, “They already knew about the nuns.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A canary- colored goldfinch is perched on the railing, looking at the empty bird feeder dangling above it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Her dæmon changed yet again, and became a goldfinch, pecking at invisible crumbs on the tabletop. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra remained alert, searching the trees for mythical beasts, but spotted nothing more spectacular than a goldfinch and some chipmunks. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon changed from a goldfinch to a mouse and ran up Lyra’s arm to the pocket of her shirt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As seeds ripen in the fall, goldfinches will feed on the cones. Cool Your Garden with Color 2012-07-16T17:20:05.517Z Keeping a written list of the visiting birds — goldfinches, yellow warblers, brown thrashers — made him feel connected to the memory of his birdwatching father, who died 11 years ago. Here are some good things about this year 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z I like the way goldfinches rip at the seeds, ignoring the presence of the gardener. Sunflowers: The garden’s late-summer stars 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Cedar wax-wings and goldfinches arrived, too, attracted by the ripe berries. Elizabeth and Alice 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Today, a neighbour brought me a goldfinch's nest, whose foundation was a perfectly selected and fashioned circle of chicken wire. Richard Mabey: in defence of nature writing 2013-07-18T13:00:02Z Here we learn how night factors into the September migrations of orioles, warblers, sparrows, and tanagers; other recent episodes explore bee hummingbirds, in Cuba; Vivaldi’s inspiration by goldfinches; and the difference between ravens and crows. Three Podcasts to Listen to in September 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Bird-watchers may see migrants like warblers and goldfinches, as well as residents like cardinals, mockingbirds and cormorants. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 14-20 2012-09-13T22:41:58Z By our last day in the park, we’d seen many of the usual suspects, plus a bull snake, a mama mule deer with twins, goldfinches and a turkey. Lots of wildlife and no crowds at North Dakota’s Roosevelt National Park 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The meadow is full of bees and butterflies, and goldfinches seem to dance above it. At Longwood Gardens, a new meadow for the ages Looking at the same passage in a later draft, I suggested that what he had called evening grosbeaks were probably American goldfinches. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z De Young is a giant copper-clad museum in the open green spaces of three-mile-long Golden Gate Park, where goldfinches and turquoise jays flit between palm and eucalyptus trees. San Francisco, 50 years on from the Summer of Love 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z She might be awed by the singing of goldfinches or, as in the poem “White Flowers,” overcome by a long nap in a field. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver dies at 83 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Salmonellosis most often affects goldfinches, evening grosbeaks and house finches. Your dirty bird feeder could be spreading disease 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Nonhuman tourists recently seen visiting the park include goldfinches, orange-crowned warblers and Baltimore orioles. Spare Times: For Children, for Dec. 30-Jan. 5 2011-12-29T22:23:48Z They are ready to harvest when the pods turn brown, but you have to beat the goldfinches to them. When moving means uprooting 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Starlings, magpies, jays, crows and goldfinches, although unnamed, are the British birds I see in the "prismatic and metallic" dazzle. Poem of the week: The Coloration of Feathers by Ruth Fainlight 2012-02-13T09:34:36Z She showed me images of a wren nesting in a gourd, a tree frog ensconced in an orchid basket, a goldfinch taking nesting material she put out and a hummingbird supping from a canna flower. Converting a suburban yard into a wildlife oasis, one plant at a time 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z There are glorious leaves, flowers and a small goldfinch in the bottom left corner. Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight in a New Series 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Why do they describe these as “canary” yellow, when even novice bird-watchers know the hue is much closer to a warbler or immature goldfinch? Style Invitational Week 1377: Make your own March Madness 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z By late summer, the seed heads draw goldfinches. Coneflower options abound. A recent trial sought to find the best ones. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z He uses a variety of feeders, including hopper-style feeders suitable for many birds, tube feeders where birds like goldfinches cling and hummingbird feeders — also an option for apartment dwellers without a yard. A concise guide to birding in your own backyard 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z You want to have the whole beautiful arrangement, neat as a goldfinch nest, set down in front of you by one of the Musket Room’s servers, who will point out the dish’s highlights. Goodbye New Zealand, Hello World 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Then other birds, like the northern cardinal and the goldfinch. Who’s that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z At the farm, would-be consumers are mostly goldfinches. This Thurston County farm helps restore prairies with native seeds 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z “If we don’t have the right habitat for quail, then we probably don’t have the right habitat for a variety of birds and pollinators — from whippoorwills and goldfinches to monarch butterflies and bumble bees.” As Virginia restores quail habitats, their unique call is heard again 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Or maybe it was the native sunflowers that fed bumblebees and goldfinches. They Fought the Lawn. And the Lawn Lost. 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z It also features symbols such as the goldfinch and poppy, which Palestinians call their national flower. Giant eye murals bear witness to Palestinians in Jerusalem 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z “Tubes with black, greasy, oily food will attract goldfinches and house finches,” he says. Experts share their favorite backyard bird feeders 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Many different birds frequent the area around Beth Hughitt’s Luray, Va., home: eagles, hummingbirds, orioles, bluebirds, blue jays, goldfinches, swallows, all kinds of woodpeckers — and mourning doves. Perspective | Winged victory: Readers stick up for the lowly mourning dove 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z And now the time he once spent mowing is devoted to watching bees, butterflies or a goldfinch nibbling at a Coreopsis seed head. Would you plant your garden in gravel if it resulted in 80% less work? 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z He also cited a famous photograph of Pius XII with a goldfinch perched on his finger. Pope Scolds Couples Who Choose Pets Over Kids 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z This past summer, hummingbirds, monarch butterflies and pairs of goldfinches zipped between the Jacobses’ garden and his. Meet an Ecologist Who Works for God (and Against Lawns) 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Gather the last sunflower seeds before the goldfinches pick clean the tired stalks. The seasons of an accidental pandemic hobby farmer 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z And lively goldfinches love to squabble, but are limited by their half-ounce size. Which birds are the biggest jerks at the feeder? A massive data analysis reveals the answer 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z In winter, it attracted thousands of different species of birds, mostly greenfinches, goldfinches and bramblings. The Nature Conservancy announces 2021 photo contest winners 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Photographer’s description: “Our state bird, the goldfinch, has been so much fun to watch as they strike so many poses to get seeds from the fading sunflowers. Photo taken with Nikon D3500.” An upside-down goldfinch reverses its perch in a search for sunflower seeds in Moses Lake 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Along with choosing plants like those, you can leave seed heads intact on grasses and coneflowers, thrilling the goldfinches and juncos. Year-round yards: Start planning now for a cozy winter garden that hits all the senses | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Species that, decades ago, were rarely seen in gardens - like goldfinches and wood pigeons - are now regular visitors. Does feeding garden birds do more harm than good? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The most chaotic birds overall are probably the goldfinches and their cousins, the pine siskins, Miller said. Which birds are the biggest jerks at the feeder? A massive data analysis reveals the answer 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z The last of the nesters — goldfinches, bluebirds — are seeing off their offspring. Perspective | Bird lovers rejoice: The all-clear has been sounded on backyard feeders 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Birds are ancient symbols for the soul, and for Christianity the goldfinch had come to signal resurrection. Review: The Getty's must-see 14th century Venetian art and the mystery that lies within it 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z I am learning to identify them; sparrows, goldfinches, mourning doves, etc. It's been one year. Here's how our readers feel about L.A. now 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Senior editor Kate Wong was inspired by the goldfinches at her feeder to look into how birds evolved such spectacular diversity. Resist Misinformation, Watch Birds and Remember Plagues 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z There’s the quirky squeak of the American goldfinch, owl-like coos of mourning doves and the whinnying of the downy woodpecker as Central Park offers avid urban birders some respite. Hopeful birdsong, foreboding sirens: A pandemic in sound 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Every day, people visit by the thousand: runners, outdoor swimmers, tourists, bird-lovers on the trail of whitethroats and blackcaps in the bushes or goldfinches and kestrels in the trees. The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Others, rather than manoeuvre themselves through the hoops erected by public goods, may decide to turn their land over to enterprises less favourable to dormice and goldfinches: go-karting, motorbike scrambling or parcel distribution. The end of farming? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z One shows Jesus on his mother’s lap with pink flowers in his hands, another with a goldfinch on his leg. Raphael show with famous Madonna paintings opens in Berlin 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Like the goldfinch itself, the movie feels tethered and trapped; it wants to fly, but it can’t. ‘The Goldfinch’ review: Sweeping coming-of-age story fails to soar 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Photos of that display show the flowers towering along an incline on both sides of the escalators and goldfinches gathering in them. Perspective | ‘Please don’t kill the sunflowers’: The Phantom Planter says Metro destroyed more than 100 sunflowers at the Dupont Circle station 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z She might be awed by the singing of goldfinches or, as in the poem White Flowers, overcome by a long nap in a field. Mary Oliver, Pulitzer prize-winning poet, dies aged 83 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z She might be awed by the singing of goldfinches or, as in the poem “White Flowers,” overcome by a long nap in a field. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver dies at 83 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Its seeds are a favorite of songbirds, such as goldfinches, sparrows and chickadees. Black-eyed Susan proclaimed Iowa City’s official flower 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z A goldfinch preening in a pine tree was all the evidence anyone could want of Divine Creation. A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Today, “birds” alone lists woodpeckers, crossbills, jackdaws, crows, robins, thrushes, blue tits and great tits, goldfinches, bullfinches, ospreys, lapwings, oystercatchers, kestrels, a pheasant and several varieties of owl. From sharks to chimps to moon bears: tales of a supervet 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z If approved in the Senate and House of Representatives, the crinoid would join Iowa’s Official Register along with other state symbols, like the goldfinch, rose and oak tree. Iowa to consider recognizing official state fossil 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Suzie specialized in raptors, such as hawks and owls, but she also took care of sparrows, crows, geese, herons, goldfinches, starlings, you name it. We Have Souls, and So Do Crows 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z She pointed to a patch of weeds and flowers where thistle grows and explained that beneath the prickly exterior you can find seeds that goldfinch in particular enjoy. Fledgling interest in birds takes wing at Massachusetts farm 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z “Yes,” said the goldfinch, who, in his bright yellow summer plumage, seemed to shine like a polished ingot. Perspective | On a wing and a prayer: What do backyard birds talk about? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z For example, the chaffinch is doing well in the UK, while the goldfinch is on the decline. The battle for nesting sites among the birds and the bees - BBC News 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Just like the goldfinch, he is in effect tied here – in his case by his job – with nothing to do. Clipped wings: the tragic true story of The Goldfinch 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z So how were the Johnsons able to draw enough kinglets and warblers, chickadees, robins, quail, goldfinch and bushtits to film a movie of bird activity in their back garden? This Whidbey Island couple’s backyard is for the birds — really, any and all birds 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z And what a glorious tally it is: Cooper’s hawks, warbling vireo, Bewick’s wren, spotted towhee, American goldfinch, flycatchers, three types of swallows, two varieties of chickadees, cedar waxwings, orange-crowned warbler, flickers and more. Birds flock to native forest restored at Discovery Park. But will it continue to mature? 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z “You mourning doves are so pathetic,” sniffed the goldfinch. Perspective | On a wing and a prayer: What do backyard birds talk about? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Not only do we get all manner of birds — cardinals, blue jays, goldfinches, nuthatches and, yes, woodpeckers — we also get mammals that are eager to vacuum up spilled seed. What is attacking side-view mirrors in this suburban Md. neighborhood? 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z He was familiar to billions, but his best friend was a goldfinch. The Pope wanted Hitler dead: The secret story of the Vatican’s war to kill the Nazi despot 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z We’d hung a hummingbird feeder on the porch across from the goldfinch feeder. Hummingbirds are beautiful, but their personalities are for the birds 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Then one day, I was out on the patio, and I saw this goldfinch drenched in oil, and I ran out and grabbed her.” An ER for animals in central Massachusetts woman’s home 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z The grackle looked over to see a goldfinch perched atop a patio chair. Perspective | On a wing and a prayer: What do backyard birds talk about? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z American goldfinches and yellow-throated sparrows were out in force, but no bald eagle ever materialized. Jonathan Franzen Ruffles Feathers Again 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Redpolls, pine siskins, goldfinches, sparrows, and cardinals are the species mostly commonly affected. Clean bird feeders prevent bird sickness 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z A bird believed to be a goldfinch is also being held in the painting. Quiz of the week's news 2013-08-22T23:59:21Z The species most obvious to me are those that I plant and feed—my apple trees, squirrels and goldfinches–or those that persist despite what I do—the roaches and rats. The Future is the Place where the Rivers all Sound Like Washing Machines 2012-07-09T16:15:06.187Z “I’m choosing to ignore you,” said the goldfinch. Perspective | On a wing and a prayer: What do backyard birds talk about? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z There also are many birds, throstle, thrush and nightingale, goldfinch and woodlark, which sing merrily day and night. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z We will ask the goldfinches, the mocking-birds, the bobolinks, the phœbe and chickadee families, all of the warbler and vireo families, and the robins of course. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z Red-breasted nuthatch, spotted towhee, varied thrush, northern saw-whet owl, American robin, cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, American goldfinch and western tanager — I see them all here in the Fraser River estuary. Scientist at Work Blog: Three Mallards, a Merganser and a Bufflehead 2012-03-30T20:25:13Z To give us a central point the "chorus" of the novel is a little student who resembles a goldfinch, and has a birdlike way of piping about matters philosophical. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z “Suet!” screamed a large bird as it flashed past the grackle and goldfinch. Perspective | On a wing and a prayer: What do backyard birds talk about? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Tasting one was like encountering a goldfinch if the only birds you’d ever seen were pigeons. Restaurant Review: Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria - NYC - Restaurant Review 2012-02-14T23:18:30Z To be sure, a goldfinch's voice is very much like a canary's—but it's not quite so lovely—and he can't do the wonderful trills a canary can without his voice cracking. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z Everybody looked at everybody else, and there was an awkward pause, which was relieved by Harold's saying that he would show her where he thought a goldfinch would make a nest in spring. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Tall thistles are the constant resort of the goldfinches, which picked the woolly seeds from the flower heads. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z “For once, we are in agreement,” said the goldfinch. Perspective | On a wing and a prayer: What do backyard birds talk about? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Claes kept pigeons; he liked, besides, to hear singing and chirruping about him, warblers, goldfinches, sparrows, and other birds that sing and chatter. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z It is not he but the goldfinch—the yellow bird with the black wings—who sings like a canary. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z She'll buy a dear little singing goldfinch and put him in a cage and hang him up in the window. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z In some parts of England the trade in goldfinches is very considerable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z As pretty a sight as any garden offers is when a family of goldfinches alights on the top of a sunflower to feast upon the oily seeds—a perfect harmony of brown and gold. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z "Na, na, my wee man," chirped the cautious little bird; "for I saw thee catch the goldfinch, and I have no wish to give thee the chance to catch me." The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z Like the goldfinches, these finches wander about in flocks. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z All this shall go for a balcony in the Haymarket and a goldfinch in a gilt cage. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The thrush, the linnet and the goldfinch, robin and the wren, Awake the Sun from his sweet reverie upon the mountains. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z At last he laughed joyously, put his hand on Pan Serafin's knee, and continued,-- "My benefactor, you see our goldfinch has flown from the cage." On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z With the exception of the kingfisher, I do not recollect any British bird with brighter or more charming plumage, than our friend the goldfinch. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Sometime after all the other birds, except the tardy little goldfinch, have nested, the waxwings give up the flocking habit and live in pairs. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Away down in Hampshire the goldfinches build green nests in the orchard. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Well, I say to you that the girl is as beautiful as a goldfinch, but honest. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The goldfinch, in the Dantsic clock of the drawing-room, whistled out a late hour, but sleep flew from the young lady altogether. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z Yes, and the beautiful bullfinch and the gaudy goldfinch as well, to say nothing of the siskin and canary, so it cannot be plebeian. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z But goldfinches by no means depend upon our gardens for their daily fare. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Volodyovski was as lively as a goldfinch on a bright morning. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Only, quite spontaneously and all of a sudden, the poor goldfinches set up a loud and lovely song; and the solitary blackbird gave a whistle. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z “Except to the goldfinches,” said Margaret; “see how busy they are.” Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The song of the goldfinch is very sweet, he is with all a most affectionate pet, and exceedingly clever, so much so that he may be taught quite a number of so-called tricks. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Except the cedar wax wings, the goldfinches are the latest nesters of all our birds. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z At that moment the tent door opened and Pan Michael entered quickly, glad as a goldfinch on a bright morning. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z There were numbers of goldfinches, a blackbird, some small thrushes, an ortolan, and two or three other kinds I could not identify; nay, even a brace of unhappy quail in a bottle-shaped basket. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z The goldfinches swept by overhead with a gleam of colour from their wings, coquetting on their way to the apple-trees. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The goldfinches use the same route; so do the bullfinches. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z You can always tell a goldfinch by its wavy course through the air. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z In this way some localities have been quite cleared of goldfinches, which used to be common. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z The gay goldfinch has but three notes left of his June song, as he tilts on the latest blossoms and fluffy seeds of the thistles. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z From 1 to 2, chaffinch; from 3 to 4, goldfinch. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Who can stay indoors when the goldfinches are busy among the bloom on the apple trees? Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The yellow warbler is sometimes called a wild canary because he looks like a canary; the goldfinch has the same misleading name applied to him because he sings like one. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z It so happens that these very waste places are often the most favourite resorts of goldfinches, for instance, who are particularly fond of thistledown, and thistles naturally chiefly flourish on uncultivated land. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z I thought he sung like a young goldfinch. The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z In striking contrast to this serio-comic strife of the sparrow and the moth, is the pigeon-hawk’s pursuit of the sparrow or the goldfinch. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z There were no chaffinches in the elms or in the road, and scarcely a sparrow; not a yellowhammer on the hedge by the cornfield; only a very few greenfinches; not a single bullfinch or goldfinch. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Clinging to the slender, swaying stems, the goldfinches themselves look so like yellow flowers that you do not suspect how many are feasting in the garden until they are startled into flight. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z There we'll recline 'neath the shade of the willow, Where roses and lilies have wreathed a sweet pillow, And the goldfinch concealed in the green boughs above Is warbling all day to his beautiful love. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z How many thousand canaries, goldfinches, linnets, and nightingales; nay, even how many parrots and cockatoos, from the East and West Indies, had their necks wrung! Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z With me, the cuckoo does not arrive till June; and often the goldfinch, the king-bird, the scarlet tanager delay their coming till then. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z A wood-pigeon may frequently be found in the quarry—sometimes in the pits, sometimes on the ledges high up—and the goldfinches visit it for the abundant thistledown. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z I also played the call of an American goldfinch near my feeder and watched a bird of that species preen indifferently in response. Phone Smart: Birding Apps Are the New Field Guides 2010-04-21T22:22:00Z Thus all the individual birds called goldfinches form the species Goldfinch, which with the species Chaffinch and others constitute the genus Finch. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Above me a goldfinch chirmed and fed its young, and they seemed ready to break away upon the wing. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Its song is a lisping, chattering, incoherent warble, now faintly reminding one of the goldfinch, now of a miniature cat-bird, then of a tiny yellow-hammer, having much variety, but no unity, and little cadence. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Listen how happy the goldfinches are in the orchard. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The eggs of the linnet, goldfinch, yorling, laverock, robin, titling, thrush, and blackbird, were as familiar to me as the letters of the alphabet. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 She turned her eyes from his quivering body to where she saw the goldfinch an instant before, but neither goldfinch nor Earl Gerald did she ever lay eyes on again. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry And even if he could blot out Guy's prospect, it was impossible not to follow in fancy the goldfinches to their thistle-fields remote and sunny, the goldfinches with their flighted song. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Excepting the American goldfinch, this bird builds later in the spring than any other—its nest, in our northern climate, seldom being undertaken till July. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z When the nesting time is over the goldfinches quit the orchard, and only return for a brief call now and then. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A young brood of goldfinches, who had taken possession of the arbor, now cleared off. The Progressionists, and Angela. The glass was focused on the digging thrasher, but a goldfinch came into the picture and pulled at some stems for its nest and a cottontail ran rapidly across from rim to rim. A-Birding on a Bronco My propriety was terribly shocked by this proposal of the goldfinch's, and for some time I could give him no answer. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves Among some pines just beyond the boundary, saw a number of American goldfinches, in their gray winter dress, pecking the pine-cones. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z And you let the goldfinch sing in the alder near in spring— Toll slowly. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II She touched his hand gently and drew close to him, but only timidly; and as she made the movement a flight of goldfinches lighted upon the swaying thistle-down in the hollow of the waste land. Plashers Mead A Novel The children showed me the nest of a goldfinch, near the ground, in one of the little orange-trees in front of the house. A-Birding on a Bronco Now don't be silly, and shut up, you and your goldfinches. Carnival Oh, you beauty!” she cried, as a goldfinch sounded his merry lay. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One Is not our own little goldfinch, is not the pert chaffinch that comes up to our very feet for a grain or a crumb, a pretty object? The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Above the gingercolored grocer's shop trail pink geraniums and further up a striped mattress hangs from a window and the little wooden cage of a goldfinch. A Pushcart at the Curb It was a disappointment, for the goldfinches are such trustful birds and so affectionate and tender in their family relations that they always win one's warm interest. A-Birding on a Bronco Dicky Rosewarne, for all his good looks, was detestably cruel with his gins and snares and cunning pursuit of goldfinches and, worse, his fish-hooks baited for wild duck. Carnival A niece who comes to Niendorf every year on a visit, and whom she seems very fond of, her tame goldfinch, and her artificial flowers make up her whole world. Gertrude's Marriage Sir H. Why, then, madam, here's a nest of the prettiest goldfinches that ever chirp'd in a cage; twenty young ones, I assure you, madam. The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee There was a chattering all together of goldfinches, pewits, tomtits, woodpeckers, bullfinches, and thrushes. Toilers of the Sea The fog had cleared away and the air was fresh and full of life; goldfinches and lazuli buntings were singing merrily, and light-hearted vireos were shouting chick-a-de-chick'-de-villet' from the brush. A-Birding on a Bronco The term finch, also, according to some, may mean either the bullfinch or goldfinch. Folk-lore of Shakespeare "I'll dress you like a goldfinch, Or like a peacock gay; So if you'll have me, Jenny, Let us appoint the day." The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. At such times they were in the habit of singing, and they now begun a pretty song, in the "goldfinch manner" of Adam Puschmann. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. So the goldfinches rejoice in the sunshine, and who can sit within doors when they sing? The Hills and the Vale It is October; but the goldfinches, which have long since left us in the North, are in myriads here. Through Our Unknown Southwest My dear lovely snow-white pigeon Has no water and no bread; And the goldfinch in his cage there Looks as if he were half dead. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. "I'll dress you like a goldfinch," repeated Robin, swinging his beautiful green hat with its long black feather up and down in the breeze. The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. Still there is enough to delight a brook-lover, and this spot is the chosen home of the most bewitching little beauty in all Colorado, the Arkansas goldfinch. Upon The Tree-Tops A goldfinch perched on a dry dead stalk of wild carrot, a stalk that looked too slender to bear the bird. The Hills and the Vale At such times I am minded not to move suddenly lest they go off over the treetops like a flock of goldfinches. Old Plymouth Trails We remember a goldfinch that became very tame, perching on his owner's hands and taking seed from her lips. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes "To tell you the truth, she wouldn't look very much like a wren if you dressed her like a goldfinch." The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. Clumsy name enough for a tiny sprite of a birdling, not so large as our charming little goldfinch in his black cap. Upon The Tree-Tops As the weather-beaten man moved, the goldfinch flew, and the golden wings outspread formed a bright contrast with the dull white clods. The Hills and the Vale In April or May, apparently all the goldfinches from a large area collect in the top of an elm or a maple and unite in a prolonged musical festival. Ways of Nature The ordinary flight of the goldfinch is a very marked undulatory flight; a section of it, the rise and the fall, would probably measure fifty feet. Under the Maples Here she had a great number of birds in little cages—larks and linnets and goldfinches. Tales from Dickens The hummer flew by to her nest, goldfinches called from the ledge. Upon The Tree-Tops The goldfinches sing so sweetly hidden in the topmost boughs of the apple-trees that heart of man cannot withstand them. The Hills and the Vale We admire the brilliant plumage of the jay, cardinal and goldfinch. The Meaning of Evolution In a neighborhood where you see scores of sparrows and goldfinches you will see only one pair of indigobirds. Under the Maples It was about three times as large as a goldfinch’s. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The world about the house and orchard was full of melody, for goldfinches were just celebrating their nuptials, and birds have to furnish their own wedding music. Upon The Tree-Tops Down with books and pen, and let us away with the goldfinches, the princes of the birds. The Hills and the Vale For in the soul of the woodman is a song, I muse, as sweet as the rhythmic strains of the goldfinch, if it could be evoked. The Book of Khalid There are mocking-birds here in summer, and a beautiful bird called goldfinch. Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The goldfinches will want some slender twigs close to the roof, and a swinging perch, such as in Fig. Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly His love-song is utterly captivating, as rapturous as that of the American goldfinch, with a touch of plaintiveness that makes it wonderfully thrilling. Upon The Tree-Tops The nightingale and the goldfinches, the thrushes and blackbirds, are silent for a time in the sultry heat. The Hills and the Vale We can domesticate the goose, we can tame the goldfinch and the linnet; but we shall never reclaim the guinea-fowl, or accustom the swallow to a cage. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement The Holy Spirit can appear as other birds—sometimes as a swallow, sometimes a goldfinch and sometimes as a blue-tit.” The Brothers Karamazov Nor will I put there the goldfinch, the linnet, the fox-colored sparrow, and the song sparrow. Birds in the Bush They got their own luncheon from the basket, and afterward perched on the tree near the nest of the little goldfinches. Policeman Bluejay On coming home from the journey I was quite broken-hearted to find my beautiful goldfinch, which used to draw its water so prettily with an ivory cup and little chain, dead in its cage. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville A goldfinch gave away the bride, and a linnet was bridesmaid. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. Once, during the autumn, we were out catching goldfinches, starlings, and hawfinches, to sell them in the market early in the morning when our parents were still asleep. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Any who do not know how sweet the goldfinch's note is may get some conception of the effect of such a concert if they will imagine fifty canaries thus engaged out-of-doors. Birds in the Bush Mrs. Chaffinch declared she would be delighted to become a mother to the little goldfinches, and rear them properly. Policeman Bluejay He showed also great interest in a party of goldfinches, who seemed to have gone mad that morning. Little Brothers of the Air The hedge-sparrow, the chaffinch and the goldfinch have flourished abundantly, but the linnet has failed. More Science From an Easy Chair Like baskets of ripe fruit in air The bird-songs seem, suspended where Those goldfinches—the ripe warm lights Peck slyly at them—take quick flights. Modern British Poetry It is common to say that the goldfinches wander about the country during the winter. Birds in the Bush "Ah, it is a pleasure to meet you," the goldfinch murmured, eyeing the child-larks curiously, but trying to be so polite that they would not notice his staring. Policeman Bluejay One bird, however, the charming, sweet-voiced goldfinch, "All black and gold, a flame of fire," still held aloof, as is his custom. Little Brothers of the Air She saved the lives of the hare an' the goldfinch. Friendship Village Now and then we recognise the flight of some particular species,—the swinging loop of a woodpecker or goldfinch, or the flutter of a sandpiper. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year We have now named four birds, the chickadee, the goldfinch, the brown thrush, and the towhee,—birds so diverse in plumage that no eye could fail to discriminate them at a glance. Birds in the Bush "I think that is a dreadful thing," said the goldfinch, with a shudder. Policeman Bluejay Can the goldfinch wooing be a sort of Comanche affair? Little Brothers of the Air It was composed of all the birds I have just named, with flocks of bluebirds and goldfinches thrown in for good measure. Our Bird Comrades Another glance at our goldfinch shows a curious sight. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The goldfinch called and called, till my patience was nearly spent. Birds in the Bush They first flew to the nest of the goldfinches, which was in a tree not far from the maple where the lark-children lived. Policeman Bluejay After a while a male goldfinch appeared on the next tree, but he did not act in the least as if invited by her call. Little Brothers of the Air The goldfinches are also long-distance flyers, not flitters. Our Bird Comrades Weeks ago the first migrants started on their southward journey, the more delicate insect-eaters going first, before the goldfinches and other late nesters had half finished housekeeping. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Our American goldfinch is one of the loveliest of birds. Birds in the Bush So each one dragged out a big piece of meat from a sandwich, and by holding it fast in one claw they managed to fly with the burden to the nest of the goldfinch babies. Policeman Bluejay The goldfinch need not have worried about her mate, for he spent most of his time within a few feet of her, and more absolutely loyal one could not be. Little Brothers of the Air Under ordinary conditions, no seed was found to germinate after passing through the turkey, hen, pigeon, crossbill, bullfinch, goldfinch, nutcracker, titmouse, and the duck. Seed Dispersal The goldfinch is one of these late nesters. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The goldfinch has the advantage of the titmouse in several respects, but he lacks that sprightliness, that exceeding light-heartedness, which is the chickadee's most endearing characteristic. Birds in the Bush She had always had good success in bringing up her own children, she claimed, and the goldfinches were first cousins to the chaffinches, so she was sure to understand their ways perfectly. Policeman Bluejay Among the occasional visitors to the yard were two American goldfinches, or thistle-birds, in bright yellow and black plumage, both males. Little Brothers of the Air About the most noticeable bird of August in New York and New England is the yellowbird, or goldfinch. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The period of nesting is usually late, and, in company with the goldfinches, they do not begin their housekeeping until July and August. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The vireo is hardly larger than the goldfinch, but let him be in one of his conversational moods, and he will fill a smilax thicket with noise enough for two or three cat-birds. Birds in the Bush They visited the nest of the baby goldfinches, and found the Widow Chaffinch still caring for the orphans in her motherly way. Policeman Bluejay Soon after the goldfinches had passed by, there alighted a gay Baltimore oriole, who, not content with looking at the new castle in the air, must needs try it. Little Brothers of the Air All the goldfinches of a neighborhood collect together and hold a sort of musical festival. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs If you watch long enough you may see him pursue and kill a goldfinch, or sparrow, and devour it. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year At the same time, he is not full of continual merriment like the chickadee, nor occasionally in a rapture like the goldfinch. Birds in the Bush Hence at both places the following species were found: Lazuli buntings, Arkansas goldfinches, American goldfinches, western wood-pewees, Arkansas kingbirds, Bullock's orioles, grassfinches, and catbirds. Birds of the Rockies Again, attracted by loud eager singing, the student found a pair who were apparently fighting,—the peaceful goldfinch! Little Brothers of the Air I have known the goldfinches to keep up this musical and love-making festival through three consecutive days of a cold northeast rainstorm. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs His face exprest nothing but self-satisfaction, and he appeared to take life as calmly as the goldfinch suspended over his head in its wicker cage—this was the chemist. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. Several other goldfinches were flying about in the neighborhood, but only this one was in the least excited. Birds in the Bush On the wing, the birds, as I afterwards observed, often chirped a little lay that bore a close resemblance in certain parts to the "pe-chick-o-pe" of the American goldfinch. Birds of the Rockies We had hardly settled ourselves when we noticed three lively goldfinches frolicking about the top of a tall maple-tree not far off. Little Brothers of the Air The shrike's bloodthirstiness was seen in the fact that he did not stop to devour his prey, but went in quest of more, as if opening a market of goldfinches. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs They flew like goldfinches, and they sounded like goldfinches, both in the twitterty song of their flight and their "Tweeet" as they called one another. Bird Stories Their only notes were in quality much like the goldfinch's, and hardly louder, but without his characteristic inflection. Birds in the Bush Sometimes they will dart out in the air from a steep mountain side, sing a ditty much like the goldfinch's, then circle back to their native pines on the dizzy cliff. Birds of the Rockies I longed to watch the lovely and loving pair through their nesting; to see their rapture over their nestlings, their tender care and training, and the first flight of the goldfinch babies. Little Brothers of the Air Excepting the American goldfinch, this bird builds later in the season than any other, its nest, in our northern climate, seldom being undertaken till July. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The father canary, attracted by the cries of the baby goldfinches, forced himself through a flaw in the wire, and began to feed them. Anecdotes of Animals But if the kinglets were individually the best singers, I must still confess that the goldfinches gave the best concert. Birds in the Bush A flutter of wings sounded among the blossom on an apple-tree close by, and instantly Bevis sat up, knowing it must be a goldfinch thinking of building a nest in the branches. Wood Magic A Fable To the goldfinch's song he gave attention, standing motionless except for a slight nervous jerk of one wing, looking and listening as intently as though studying the notes for future use. In Nesting Time Among our familiar birds the matchmaking of none other is quite so pretty as that of the goldfinch. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs At first the goldfinches seemed careless about their young ones. Anecdotes of Animals You may possibly walk to Brookline and back without hearing a chickadee, or a blue jay, or even a goldfinch; but you will never miss sight and sound of the crows. Birds in the Bush So bright was the goldfinch's wing, that the lark, though she did not dare speak, had no doubt she rouged. Wood Magic A Fable The wood-thrush easily drove him away from the apple; the little goldfinch chased him from his perch. In Nesting Time The goldfinches stay with us in loose flocks and clad in a dull-olive suit throughout the winter. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The hawk dashed itself against a table and was killed; but the lady had given a loud scream at seeing her husband's danger, and neither goldfinch nor Earl did she behold again. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Hither cause flocks of goldfinches, red-poll linnets, and snow buntings; and thither I went to watch them. Birds in the Bush The bullfinch tossed his head, and asked the goldfinch to come up in the bush and see which was strongest. Wood Magic A Fable It happened that morning that the Mexican came out before the goldfinch was shut up, and hence the the mocking-bird's door was not yet opened. In Nesting Time "I'll dress you like a goldfinch, Or like a peacock gay; So, if you'll have me, Jenny, Let us appoint the day." Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Nothing, however, would do for the lady but an exhibition of his powers; so one evening he changed himself into a goldfinch. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology The red-poll linnets, as I have said, are irregular visitors in this region; several years may pass, and not one be seen; but the goldfinch we have with us always. Birds in the Bush In the thick hedge which enclosed it there were crowds of greenfinches, goldfinches, chaffinches, yellow-hammers, and sparrows, who never ceased talking. Wood Magic A Fable Even the little goldfinch was impressed and looked on with interest. In Nesting Time The men had only succeeded in taking one goldfinch—for which they asked half a crown. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children A great deal of mystery and superstition has always existed in connexion with this stone—the invisibility of the bearer of the egg-carbuncle laid by a goldfinch, for instance. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones At this I had nothing to say, save that his red birds, whatever else they were, could not have been goldfinches. Birds in the Bush "Quite out of the question," said the goldfinch. Wood Magic A Fable This was a small affair occupied by an English goldfinch, who was then at home and not pleased by the call, as he at once made known. In Nesting Time Mr. Mayhew says that a goldfinch has been known to exist twenty-three years in a cage. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children A hundred to one is the odds I will stand, A hundred to one is the odds you command; Here's a handful of goldfinches ready to fly! Rookwood Still more extraordinary was the case of a common house sparrow, which only chirps in a wild state, but which learnt the song of the linnet and goldfinch by being brought up near those birds. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays "Why not have a queen?" said the goldfinch. Wood Magic A Fable It was the ninth of February, and the goldfinch was calling, as he often did. In Nesting Time Only think, it is computed that as many as 70,000 song birds are captured every year about London; the street sale of the goldfinch being about a tenth of the whole. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children This is why goldfinches are yellow like the sun. Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children But before Tommy could decide between an automobile and an Irish mail, the goldfinches had crossed the river and were fluttering over the purple branches of the leafless saskatoon bushes, which bordered the stream. The Second Chance Go start the walls Of Hell with horror ringing, Say "In the greenwood of his soul There was a goldfinch singing, A pretty goldfinch singing." A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry The tones were delivered in a sharp staccato style, like "picking" the strings of a violin very softly, several notes uttered with queer sidewise jerks of the head, and eyes apparently fixed on the goldfinch. In Nesting Time In each cage-trap was a tame goldfinch, which were the decoy birds. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children “No, it isn’t; he comes from Spain, I know,” said the goldfinch. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn If I were a goldfinch, and had yellow bars on my wings, or a robin, and had red feathers on my breast, I should not mind the defect which now I am afraid to show. Wonder-Box Tales Query.—Might not canary birds be naturalised to this climate, provided their eggs were put, in the spring, into the nests of some of their congeners, as goldfinches, greenfinches, etc? The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 He specially delighted in clambering all over the cage of a goldfinch, acting as if he should tear it in pieces, and greatly annoying the small bird. In Nesting Time It includes those birds which live principally on seeds and grain—the canary, goldfinch, sparrow, and some others. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition It is alive with blackbirds, thrushes, linnets, and goldfinches. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland When the apples bloomed, the goldfinches visited the same trees at least once a day. Round About a Great Estate Few persons seem aware that the goldfinch is also a winter bird,—it is so brilliant and familiar in summer and so neutral and withdrawn in winter. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers A never failing diversion was teasing a goldfinch. In Nesting Time The goldfinch or linnet looking on from the border seems to enjoy the fun. Illuminated Manuscripts In both hands, which rest across the Virgin's knee, he holds a captive goldfinch, which he has brought, with childish glee, as an offering to the Holy Child. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art These are placed on the ground, by a hedge, and near them a decoy goldfinch in a cage. Round About a Great Estate The midsummer nests, like that of the goldfinch and the waxwing, or cedar-bird, are the safest of all. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Thus he sometimes stood on the goldfinch's cage and noticed every motion with great interest, yet with an indescribably ironical air, as if he said, "My dear sir, is that the way you eat?" In Nesting Time I have tamed wilder birds than greenfinches, in Italy—I have tamed goldfinches, blackcaps, and even an oriole. The Lady Paramount Thus lightly and reverently has the master touched the mystery of the Blessed Trinity: the goldfinch symbolizing by its colours, the trefoil by the form of its leaf.' The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art It contained a vast number of nightingales, goldfinches, canary birds, larks, and other rare singing birds, and the vessels that held their seed were of the most sparkling jasper or agate. The Arabian Nights Entertainments There are birds—for instance, jays, kingfishers, goldfinches—which are, taken absolutely, extremely brilliant in colouring. Lore of Proserpine The goldfinch was bathing the second time he came out, and he went directly to the table and perched on the side of the dish. In Nesting Time The sward each side is concealed by endless thistles, on the point of sending forth clouds of thistledown, and to which presently the goldfinches will be attracted. Nature Near London Close to him on the ground, on his right, two beautiful goldfinches sit on a branch in trustful repose; on his left springs a plant of the meadow-trefoil. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Excepting the American goldfinch, this bird builds later in the spring than any other, its nest, in our northern climate, seldom being undertaken till July. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. "The goldfinch, and blackbird, and thrush, Are brimful of music and glee; They have each got a nest in some bush, And the rook has built his on a tree." Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. The first I noticed of the goldfinch's friendliness to him was after he had lived with us five or six months. In Nesting Time The goldfinch, it is to be feared, is rapidly becoming scarcer; as are also the jay, the woodcock and other birds much more numerous a few years back. Hertfordshire They open and close their wings in quick succession, not slowly like the goldfinches; consequently their dips are not so pronounced. Some Summer Days in Iowa The goldfinch has the prettiest dress;” and off he went. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. You stroll to the very door; the goldfinches are hanging upon the wall; the mignonette is in the window. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons This being the case, after a while the goldfinch ventured upon the middle perch. In Nesting Time I exchanged this bird for a goldfinch which had been caught after he was full grown, and his alarm at the little mill was so great that he did not dare to move. Myth and Science An Essay There are a few nests and young birds in the early part of the month—the yellow-billed cuckoo, the Savannah sparrow, the goldfinch. Some Summer Days in Iowa So bright was the goldfinch’s wing, that the lark, though she did not dare speak, had no doubt she rouged. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. A flock of goldfinches may stop their flight, And wheeling round a birchen tree alight Deep in its glittering leaves, until They see us, when their swift rise will Startle a sudden thrill. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art This boundary made by the tanager was never changed, but in the rest of the cage the goldfinch made himself at home, and at once assumed the position of protector. In Nesting Time A flock of goldfinches arrest their flight, And wheeling round a birchen tree alight Deep in its glittering leaves; and stay Till scared at our approach, when they Strike with vexed trills away. My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale Latest among the singers are the chewinks, the wood pewees, the field sparrows, and, of course, the goldfinches and the cuckoos. Some Summer Days in Iowa The bullfinch tossed his head, and asked the goldfinch to come up in the bush and see which was stronger. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. In the Uffizi picture he is more serious, and strokes the goldfinch with an air of abstraction, meditating on the holy things his mother has been reading to him. The Madonna in Art On the rare occasions that the self-elected hermit went out, the goldfinch displayed great concern, evidently preferring to have his favorite at home where he could defend him. In Nesting Time "They are the goldfinches," Rasmussen explained, "that settled in the Heuscheuer Mountains last winter, you know, and were fatal to me." Atlantis This love-song of the goldfinch is the climax of the summer's bird-song. Some Summer Days in Iowa "One more, Walter; my goldfinch is half-starved, and the mocking-bird is really on his dignity, because he has not had egg and lettuce for his breakfast; but, apropos, what success had you with old Stillinghast?" May Brooke Hooded crows sailing over the uplands, and I met a flock of bright sweet goldfinches near some guns, and a tree-creeper in a copse. Letters to Helen Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front If the tanager went to a perch the goldfinch at once alighted on the same, about a foot away, and sidled up as near as he was allowed. In Nesting Time In the evening we dined on goldfinches, because the hunters who went out on Sundays sold them in great quantities and my tippling cook cooked them deliciously. Atlantis Among these birds they distinguished the brown thrush, robin, turtledove, linnet, goldfinch, the large and small blackbird, the wren, and some others. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. Here she should dwell alone with her cat, her little goldfinch with his elegant green cage, and she would also have a shed for her cow. The Home in the Valley Besides these, doves and pigeons, both wild and tame, are common; as are swallows, goldfinches, sparrows, larks, blackbirds, thrushes, linnets, magpies, crows, hawks, falcons, teal, snipe, wild ducks, and many other kinds of waterfowl. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. If the latter had been more responsive, I believe the goldfinch would have nestled up against him. In Nesting Time Do you remember with what an endless number of monotonous jokes the goldfinches that fairly overran the Heuscheuer Mountains used to furnish us? Atlantis In the evening, a visit from a small land-bird, about the size of a goldfinch, and resembling that bird in shape and plumage, made us keep a good look-out for land. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time But when a nightingale sings all night, or a goldfinch whistles, or a raven croaks, we cannot so easily interpret the significance of their inarticulate sounds. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 Over the streamlet sang thrushes and goldfinches and bull-finches innumerable, and their voices shook down the blossom like a fall of pink snow, which threatened to cover even the daisies. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales In particular a Brazilian cardinal, a bold saucy fellow with a scarlet pointed crest and a loud voice, evidently considered the tanager cage common ground, open to everybody, until the goldfinch undertook its defense. In Nesting Time Blackbirds, thrushes, blackcaps, goldfinches, chaffinches, sing from the first peep of dawn till the last trace of daylight has died out, and then the nightingales begin and keep it up till dawn again. My Friend Prospero She might have been a child of seventeen, grieving over the death of her goldfinch. The Marriage of William Ashe Excepting the American goldfinch, this bird builds later in the spring than any other,—its nest, in our northern climate, seldom being undertaken till July. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs The mocking bird has the greatest powers of imitation, the robin and goldfinch are superior in vigorous notes. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Observing that the goldfinch alone was not able to keep the robin away, I provided the cage with a roof of paper, which is usually a perfect protection, since birds dislike the rustle. In Nesting Time She looked back at Dorothea and smiled, proud of herself because she had saved her goldfinch. The Tree of Heaven Fledgeling goldfinches and linnets, young rabbits, young squirrels, even the nest of the harvest-trow mouse, and occasionally a snake, bring him in a little money. The Amateur Poacher The crew displayed the most lively zeal in the performance of their duty, and the goldfinch sung cheerily from dawn till sunset. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Therefore, happening to remember, I stopped at my tool-house, where I keep a little of everything, and took from a peg a fine old specimen of a goldfinch's nest. Aftermath Meanwhile, all through the confusion the goldfinch scolded furiously, flying around to get a peck at him, and in every way challenging him to fight. In Nesting Time A little girl tripped along the platform, carrying in one hand a large pasteboard box covered with black oilcloth, and in the other a cage with a goldfinch in it. The Tree of Heaven Tits, canaries, and goldfinches chirruped among the green leaves and fluttered against the window-panes. The Duel and Other Stories It is "Harry," the captain's goldfinch—"the captain's mate," as the sailors term him. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America It made such a roll of paper that the goldfinch's nest looked as though it were distent with a sort of misshapen ostrich egg. Aftermath The English goldfinch had been very saucy, scolding and flying over him as he went around the room, in the small bird's way; but one day it came to a sudden end. In Nesting Time That goldfinch lived at a bird-shop, and offered, in writing, to barter himself against old clothes, empty bottles, or even kitchen stuff. The Bed-Book of Happiness Which eggs do you like best—a goldfinch's or a bullfinch's? Aylwin The farmer, perhaps, can do without linnets and goldfinches, but we who make our living in other ways cannot. The Pleasures of Ignorance This old house of a pair of goldfinches would thus become the home of our fledgling hopes: every day a new brood of vows would take flight across its rim into our bosoms. Aftermath If the goldfinch wished to bathe, his persecutor took his place on the nearest perch, not a foot away, thus driving him to the floor with the intention of using the big birds' bath. In Nesting Time In a dirty court in Spitalfields, once, I found a goldfinch drawing his own water, and drawing as much of it as if he were in a consuming fever. The Bed-Book of Happiness We used at one time, during autumn, to catch goldfinches, finches, and linnets together, and to sell them in the market early in the morning, while our parents were still in their beds. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories The goldfinches have begun to fly about the garden again with their little sequins of song, as someone has delightfully described their music. The Pleasures of Ignorance The goldfinches cost five kopecks, the siskins are rather more expensive, while the value of the other birds is quite indeterminate. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories My health however, obliged me to leave them and establish myself as a mantua-maker, in one room, with no companion but a goldfinch. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 I never remember seeing a goldfinch at Aldington, which should show that the thistles were well under control, for the seed is a great attraction. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor The goldfinch on a thistle-head Stood scattering seedlets while she fed; The wrens their pretty gossip spread, Or joined a random roundelay. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. The cornflowers in the flower border are already in bud, and I am told that this is the temptation to which goldfinches most easily yield. The Pleasures of Ignorance The waggons are loaded, not with hay, not with cabbages, nor with beans, but with goldfinches, siskins, larks, blackbirds and thrushes, bluetits, bullfinches. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Come, gentlemen, get out, get out, we must examine the nest a little, I fancy the goldfinches are not yet flown. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences The paroquet and the thrush, the bluebird and goldfinch, fluttered among the thick foliage and trilled their melodies in sweetest cadence. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described But is there anything save depression to be got from reading such a poem as A Caged Goldfinch:— Within a churchyard, on a recent grave, I saw a little cage That jailed a goldfinch. Old and New Masters I should have a garden blue with cornflowers, if I were sure that this would entice the seven colours of the goldfinch to make their home in it. The Pleasures of Ignorance He is as interested as a child in the goldfinches, the carp, and the minnows. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The effect he caused was as that of a sparrow-hawk flapping his wings in a cage of goldfinches, and feeding in their seed-trough. The Man Who Laughs Sit thee, Alice, sit and hark How the blackbird chants his note, The goldfinch and the gray-morn lark, Shrilling from their little throat. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 Golden eggs to every brother, and goldfinches to our lodges. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette Two goldfinches came and sang in the catalpa-tree in the garden…. The Pleasures of Ignorance Of goldfinches and bullfinches he is ready to talk endlessly, opening his eyes wide and gesticulating violently with his hands. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The sun had left the red-tiled roofs opposite, and the goldfinch was silent in his cage. A Roman Singer The best method of catching the goldfinch is to wait until it settles on the lowest branch of a tree, then approach it from behind and gently tap its right wing with your right hand. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919. How curious is the structure of the nest of the goldfinch or chaffinch! The Illustrated London Reading Book The goldfinches have not come back again, however. The Pleasures of Ignorance At the carpenter's the whole place was stuffed full of things: he had a table, a bench, a heap of shavings, planes, chisels, saws, a cage with a goldfinch, a basin. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories It was a bright morning, and the goldfinch sang, and I could hear him scattering the millet seed about his cage while I dressed. A Roman Singer A goldfinch would pine away on the nourishment you have taken! Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel A goldfinch dipped across the path like a little yellow streak of laughter in the sun. Master Skylark Hid in the thick thorn-bushes far away The treefrog's note was heard; the crested lark Sang with the goldfinch; turtles made their moan, And o'er the fountain hung the gilded bee. Theocritus, translated into English Verse In the windows different flowers were growing, and from the balcony hung cages of goldfinches, nightingales, and canary birds; in a word, everything I saw was pretty, homelike, and pleasant. Armenian Literature Boreas blows on his high wood whistle, Over the coppice and down the lane Where the goldfinch chirps from the haulm of the thistle And mangolds gleam in the farmer's wain. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 "Nay, sweetheart," answered the count, looking down at Félix's yellow hair; "'t is no page, but a little goldfinch we found perched in a chestnut-tree as we rode through the forest." Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls In a dirty court in Spitalfields, once, I found a goldfinch drawing his own water, and drawing as much of it as if he were in a consuming fever. The Uncommercial Traveller While I write, I hear an oriole gay as in June, and the plaintive may-be of the goldfinch tells me he is stealing my lettuce-seeds. My Garden Acquaintance There were nightingales, canaries, goldfinches, linnets, tomtits, parrots, owls, sparrows, doves, ostriches, bustards, peacocks, larks, partridges, and everything else that you can think of. The Red Fairy Book A tiny goldfinch in a nest of thistle down and plant fibre in the branching of a bush ten feet above him stuck her head over the brim and inquired, "P'tseet?" The Harvester At length a caged goldfinch met his eye. The Mayor of Casterbridge That goldfinch lived at a bird-shop, and offered, in writing, to barter himself against old clothes, empty bottles, or even kitchen stuff. The Uncommercial Traveller It led them into new, unexplored nooks of the woods, past a red-poll nest, and where goldfinches prospected for thistledown for the cradles they would line a little later. A Girl of the Limberlost When he crossed Sleepy Snake Creek and the goldfinch, waiting as ever, challenged: "SEE ME?" Freckles Love-making birds were my mates all the road, And who would wish surer delight for the eye Than to see pairing goldfinches gleaming abroad Or yellowhammers sunning on paling and sty? Georgian Poetry 1920-22 At one time, according to Lady Hesketh, he had besides two dogs, two goldfinches, and two canaries, five rabbits, three hares, two guinea-pigs, a squirrel, a magpie, a jay, and a starling. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others She, who for days had scarcely dragged one languid foot after another, sped through the heat and over the broken ground like one of the goldfinches in the convent garden. Eleanor "You must go with me so you can see the little faces when I tell them how the goldfinch builds its nest, and how the bees make honey." A Girl of the Limberlost "Now, where do you come in?" he demanded, when he saw that she was not similar to the goldfinch. Freckles Pray to the swan of Delos, to Latona the mother of the quails, and to Artemis, the goldfinch. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 In winter there were hunters of yellow-hammers and goldfinches in these regions, who set their nets and their decoys on the ground, and spent hours and hours watching for their game. Cæsar or Nothing Large hawks circled overhead; in the rare woods the nightingales were loud and merry; and goldfinches were everywhere. Eleanor Among the birds of Tonquin is a species of goldfinch, which sings so melodiously that it is called the Celestial Bird. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes With a screech of fear, the goldfinch fled precipitately. Freckles If he chanced to spit, it was whole When he trembled, it was large basketsful of goldfinches. venison pasties. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 It is true that the goldfinch and the kingfisher are not often seen except in picture-books; but our own little robin is a real beauty, is he not? Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation Flocks of goldfinches and long-tailed tits were flitting about, and they spied some black-caps and pipits, and even a buzzard falcon poised in the air high above the cliffs. Monitress Merle Even in a single branch of the true vocalists we may see it—from the chirping bunting, and noisy but tuneless sparrow, to linnet and goldfinch and canary. The Naturalist in La Plata You needn't be thinking," he said to the goldfinch, "that because I'm coming down this line alone day after day, it's always to be so. Freckles He had, besides canaries, the thrush, chaffinch, linnet, goldfinch and cirl bunting. Birds in Town and Village Swallows nesting under the eaves flew hither and thither; in the garden and the trees there were hedge-sparrows, siskins and goldfinches, and when darkness fell the nightingale began to sing. The Precipice A goldfinch with a harassed air occupied a wooden cage in the window, and the mantelpiece was fitted up with white mice in home-made cages. Gone to Earth Boys who want linnets or goldfinches watch till the young are almost ready to bubble over, and then place them in a cage where the old birds come and feed them. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies THE GRAND-DUKE Praise the Night, when we take vengeance On the goldfinch for his beauty, On the titmouse for his grace! Chantecler Play in Four Acts But he had small hopes of catching goldfinches, they were too scarce now. Birds in Town and Village Two goldfinches sat on the cross of a larch-fir and sang, looking towards the west, where the light lingered. The Open Air And just to add one more animal to your menagerie," said Uncle William, "I have brought you a little goldfinch. The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore I shall cheat if I like; there's no fun i' playing else; and I know where there's a goldfinch's nest, but I'll take care you don't. The Mill on the Floss "Has my poor linnet changed into a goldfinch after its death?" he asked jovially. Immensee A fit associate for the song sparrow is the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird, which is as destructive of the seeds of weeds as the former is of the smaller insect pests. Nature's Serial Story Rest again by the furze, and some goldfinches come calling shrilly and feasting undisturbed upon the seeds of thistles and other plants. The Open Air They put me, the servant of God, into a basketwork chaise and drove me with two horses; one sits in the basket like a goldfinch, looking at God's world and thinking of nothing…. Letters of Anton Chekhov There can be little doubt but the young observer had, seen a pair of redpolls,—a bird related to the goldfinch, and that occasionally comes down to us in the winter from the far north. Locusts and Wild Honey Yet goldfinches are still to be seen close to the town; they are fond of the seeds which they find wherever there is a waste place, and on the slopes of unfinished roads. The Life of the Fields I was now convinced that I was on that wild land where two months ago I had watched the goldfinches disporting themselves in the evening sun. Over Prairie Trails High up, the larch-fir boughs with the top shoot form a cross; on this one goldfinch sat, the other was immediately beneath. The Open Air Put your monies aside, my lord; it is not well to be seen with such goldfinches chirping about one in the lodgings of London. The Fortunes of Nigel The shrike's blood-thirstiness was seen in the fact that he did not stop to devour his prey, but went in quest of more, as if opening a market of goldfinches. Locusts and Wild Honey The shrill tone of a goldfinch came just now from the ash branches, but he has gone on. The Life of the Fields And as if to make my enjoyment of the evening's drive supreme, I saw the first flocks of my favourite bird, the goldfinch. Over Prairie Trails The mother goldfinch builds a beautiful nest for her little ones. Friends and Helpers But as for the goldfinches returning—it is the instinct of us bipeds to return. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box Some were in gilt cages, a canary, a goldfinch, and another bird whose name Marjorie did not know. Marjorie's Vacation Protection from the rank leaves was not all the birds sought of these plants, for goldfinches were darting around inviting all creation to "See me?" as they gathered the silken down for nest lining. Moths of the Limberlost It was a quiet and pretty place enough; full of thickets, as I have said, where the birds built unmolested—there was generally a goldfinch's nest there. From a College Window Their wild sweet notes seem to come from a happy heart, and nothing can be prettier than to see a number of these goldfinches swinging on the brown sunflower and daintily feasting on the seeds. Friends and Helpers These goldfinches, for a case in point, can sing—and they have your sympathy. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box With me the cuckoo does not arrive till June; and often the goldfinch, the kingbird, the scarlet tanager delay their coming till then. Wake-Robin The woods were loud with the chirruping of thrushes, goldfinches, canaries, and other birds. The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier The actual scene, however, is cheerful enough on this early summer day—a symphony, as we said, in cherries and goldfinches, in which the higher valleys of the Cevennes abound. Essays from 'The Guardian' The goldfinch is ready to look for thistle seeds, and asks no wages at all. Friends and Helpers For, at that moment, on the branch of an acacia, just over her head, a goldfinch began to sing—his thin, sweet, crystalline trill of song. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box Among some pines just beyond the boundary, saw a number of American goldfinches, in their gray winter dress, pecking the pinecones. Wake-Robin This was the sunny southern side; and when the wisteria was blooming, Gabriella moved her establishment of playthings out behind those sunlit cascades of purple and green, musical sometimes with goldfinches. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields The leaves were shaken in the clear, burning green; and, on a sudden, a multitude of goldfinches, the heads red in the wind, the wings half spread, were fluttering from branch to branch. Essays from 'The Guardian' Pyotr would then seize a piece of bread and a spoon and fall to talking and sputtering again like a goldfinch. Mother She bestowed her bread crumbs on the birds; but she was able, somehow, to discriminate mightily in favour of the goldfinches. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box In striking contrast to this serio-comic strife of the sparrow and the moth, is he pigeon hawk's pursuit of the sparrow or the goldfinch. Wake-Robin Sir, we will acknowledge your service, doubt not— henceforth, you shall be no more Asotus to us, but our goldfinch, and we your cages. Cynthia's Revels The grouse ate browse from the slender hardwood tips like a lot of goldfinches, or precipitated themselves headlong down through five feet of snow to reach the ground. The Blazed Trail Within a churchyard, on a recent grave, I saw a little cage That jailed a goldfinch. Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses Yes," she said, "the goldfinches will return with the spring. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box Excepting the American goldfinch, this bird builds later in the season than any other,—its nest, in our northern climate, seldom being undertaken until July. Wake-Robin One day, in my walk, I came upon a goldfinch with the tip of one wing securely fastened to the feathers of its rump, by what appeared to be the silk of some caterpillar. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers How daintily the goldfinch picks at the milkweed pods and sets adrift the seeds attached to silky aeronautic fluff! Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Wonderfully different as are the beaks of the rock pigeon and goldfinch, the end has undoubtedly been nearly gained, as far as external shape and proportions are concerned. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 Mr. Weir is quoted as saying that the birdcatchers can distinguish the males of the goldfinch, Carduelis elegans, by their "slightly longer beaks." More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 If not fully and accurately repeated, there are at least suggested the notes of the robin, wren, catbird, high-hole, goldfinch, and song sparrow. Wake-Robin There can be little doubt but the young observer had seen a pair of red-polls,—a bird related to the goldfinch, and that occasionally comes down to us in the winter from the far north. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers A goldfinch of the South American breed is a rare bird.' Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife His face expressed nothing but self-satisfaction, and he appeared to take life as calmly as the goldfinch suspended over his head in its wicker cage: this was the chemist. Madame Bovary The goldfinch is remarkable for the beauty of its plumage, the sprightliness of its movements, and its gay, tinkling song, and may be supposed to represent the showy and unsubstantial character of frivolous pleasures. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Its song is a lisping, chattering, incoherent warble, now faintly reminding one of the goldfinch, now of a miniature catbird, then of a tiny yellow-hammer, having much variety, but no unity and little cadence. Wake-Robin It is rarely that the nest of the goldfinch or the cedar-bird is harried. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers Also, there came hovering about us goldfinches with their little red-hooded crests, and fussy tomtits in their cravats of yellow, while a nimble, dark, blue woodpecker scaled the stem of an apple tree. Through Russia Because both birds are so conspicuously yellow, no doubt this warbler is quite generally confused with the goldfinch; but their distinctions are clear enough to any but the most superficial glance. Bird Neighbors Mr Bell, in his edition, has properly noticed that there is no explanation of the emblematical import of the medlar-tree, the goldfinch, and the nightingale. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Does a goldfinch indict epistles; or a humming-bird study composition; or a glancing, red-scaled fish in summer shallows consider the meaning of words? The Shape of Fear A goldfinch flew over the shepherd's head and, perching on the tiptop of a spray, it turned to the sun, ruffling its small breast feathers. The Garden Party and Other Stories Query…..Might not canary birds be naturalized to this climate, provided their eggs were put in the spring, into the nests of some of their congeners, as goldfinches, greenfinches, etc. The Natural History of Selborne As pretty a sight as any garden offers is when a family of goldfinches alights on the top of a sunflower to feast upon the oily seeds — a perfect harmony of brown and gold. Bird Neighbors He gives as an instance a hybrid goldfinch of a most irascible disposition, which when approached too closely by a servant, instantly assumes the appearance of a ball of ruffled feathers. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals There were larks, linnets, and goldfinches—I should think at least twenty. Bleak House |
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