RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Montagu, Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds. CUL-DAR205.10.18. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.10 contains notes on variation and varieties.
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Montagu's Dict. p. 214 Goldfinch varies in confinement. black, white, black & white — there is wild variety with white spots under throat 3
Montagu, George. Ornithological dictionary of British birds, 2d ed., by James Rennie, London, 1831. v, 25. IX, 95. x, 70, 81.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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