Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Finch

FINCH, or Fringilla, L. a genus of birds, comprising one hundred and eight species, of which ten only are natives of this country; the principal of these are mentioned in their alphabetical order.—See Canary-bird, Gold-finch, Linnet, Sparrow, &c.

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