Citations:aberdevine

English citations of aberdevine

• 1738, Eleazar Albin, A Natural History of the Birds, volume 3, London, →OCLC, page 70:

  We are not sure that these Birds build in England; they are found here in Winter, but go away again in the Spring. I never saw or heard of any of their Nests being found; I rather believe they come to shun the Cold, as the Aberdevine, Twite, and other Birds do;

• 1770, Gilbert White, edited by Walter Johnson, Journals of Gilbert White, Cambridge: MIT Press, published 1931, 1970, →LCCN, page 23:

  Saw a bird which I suspected to be an Aberdevine,⁴ or siskin: it was the passer torquatus, or reed sparrow.

• 1824, Joseph Nash, A Practical Treatise on British Song Birds, London: Sherwood, Jones, & Co., →OCLC, page 43:

  The aberdevine is not known to breed in England, as it visits us only during the Winter season, at which time it is found among the alder trees, near rivers, though seldom in any numbers.

• 1833, James Rennie, The Domestic Habits of Birds, London: Charles Knight, →OCLC, page 121:

  A hen canary which we paired with an aberdevine (Carduelis Spinus) in her second laying, (the first having proved abortive,) had two eggs of different sizes, […]

• 1835, John Cotton, The Resident Song Birds of Great Britain‎^[1], London, →OCLC:

  The prominent colours of the Aberdevine are black, bright yellow, sulphur yellow, and a peculiar shade of green, which is so unlike any named shade of that colour, that it is generally known by the appellation of Siskin-green.

• 1837, John Gould, The Birds of Europe‎^[2], volume 3, London: Richard & John E. Taylor, →LCCN:

  In habits and manners [the Lesser Redpole] is gregarious, and is often found in the company of Linnets and Aberdevines.

• 1846, Illustrated London Almanack, volume 2, London: Illustrated London News, page 35:

  The aberdevine is in length nearly five inches. Top of the head and throat, black; over each eye there is a pale yellow streak; back of the neck and the back yellowish olive; rump yellow; under parts greenish yellow.

• 1848, J. M. Bechstein, translated by William Edward Shuckard, Chamber Birds, London: Wm. S. Orr & Co., page 193:

  It is rather larger than the Aberdevine, being four inches and three-quarters long, of which the tail measures one inch and three-quarters.