Sentence example with the word 'goldfinch'

goldfinch

Definition n. American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer

Last update: September 2, 2015


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In some of its structural characters it is most nearly allied to the goldfinch, and both are placed in the same genus by systematists; but in its style of coloration, and still more in its habits; it resembles the redpolls (cf.   [Please select]

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Their flight and song is similar to that of the Goldfinch or Pine Siskin.   [Please select]

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Similar to the eastern Goldfinch but back said to be slightly greenish yellow.   [Please select]

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The habits, nests and eggs are identical with those of the Arkansas Goldfinch.   [Please select]

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She looked back at Dorothea and smiled, proud of herself because she had saved her goldfinch.   [Please select]

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He had, besides canaries, the thrush, chaffinch, linnet, goldfinch and cirl bunting.   [Please select]

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[Illustration: Siskin [M] [F] [F] Goldfinch [M] Chaffinch [M] [F] Hawfinch [F] [M] [_p.   [Please select]

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In each cage-trap was a tame goldfinch, which were the decoy birds.   [Please select]

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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.   [Please select]

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As with the goldfinch, the reason is, probably, that suitable food for the young cannot be had at an earlier period.   [Please select]

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