Frit

[Fr. fritte, from Lat. fri go, frictus, to fry.] The silex, fixed alkali, . fields, groves, hedgerows, and woodlands; while many, calcined matter of which gla is made, consisting of in a state of captivity, are rendered subservient to the amusement and gratification of man. The most important members of this innumerable family will be found in this work under their proper names. In this place we shall only give two species, as illustrations of the family. The Arkansas Finch ( Carpodacus psaltria ), (Fig. 1076), of the Southern Rocky Mountains to the coast of California, is 44 inches long; the wing, 22 inches; the upper parts olive-green, the head, wings, and tail black; beneath, bright yellow. The common Sparrow ( Pyrgita domestic a), (Fig. 1077), the true type of the Finch tribe, is a European bird, one of the most omnivorous of all birds, and has been lately succe fully introduced into this country. It is nearly six inches in length, of a robust form; bill dusky; eyes hazel; the top of the head and back part of the neck ash gray; the throat, fore part of the neck, and space around the eyes black; the cheeks whitish; the breast and all the under parts pale ash; the back, scapulars, Рід. 1077. - сOMMON SPARROW, ( Pyrgita domestic a ). and wing-coverts are reddish-brown, mixed with black, the latter tipped with white, forming a light bar acro the wing; tail brown, edged with gray, and rather forked; legs pale brown. The plumage of the female is plainer and duller than that of the male; beyond each eye there is a line of white, and she has no black patch on the throat. Sparrows are bold and crafty; and their partiality to the vicinage of man does not -v. a. To fuse partially; to mix together and heat the materials of gla , so as to expel water, and induce fusion. Frith, n. [Lat. fretum , a strait, sound, channel; Gr porthmos, a ferry, a strait, from peiro , to pierce quite through; perao , poros , to pa right acro .] An arm of the sea; a narrow channel; a narrow pa age of the sea; a strait; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth, in Scotland. This term corresponds to the Fiord of the Danes and Norwegians. The German fahren has the same root, whence ferry , ford , furt , as in Frankfurt, Erfurt , . Frith, WILLIAM POWELL, R. A., a distinguished historical and genre painter, B. 1819. Of his innumerable works, many of the very highest cla of art, we need but mention his latest productions, The Derby Day, The Railway Station (for which he received $40,000), and The Marriage of the Prince of Wales , painted for Queen Victoria.