GREENFINCH 



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eastern districts of England, though apparently migratory to some 

 extent in autumn ; and it also breeds in some Welsh counties. To 

 Ireland it is only a casual visitor: it is, however, resident in the eastern 



and southern districts of Scotland, 

 but not apparently on the west 

 coast, although it has recently been 

 recorded from Dumfriesshire, In 

 the Hebrides, Shetlands, and 

 Orkneys it is seemingly un- 

 known. 



Hawfinches are much more 

 common in the home counties of 

 England than is generally sup- 

 posed ; and before the times of 

 bird-preservation eggs could be ob- 

 tained in almost any numbers from 

 the boys in many parts of Hertfordshire. The shy and retiring habits of 

 the bird account for its being so seldom seen. Although larger, the 

 nest is of the general type of that of a bullfinch ; and the four to six 

 large and handsome eggs are generally greyish drab, with blotches and 

 scribbled lines of grey and blackish brown, of which the latter are the 

 more superficial. 



SKUI-L AND LOWER JAW OF HAWKINCH, SHOW- 

 ING CRUSHING KNOBS ON THE PALATE. 



Greenflneh Although sometimes included in the same genus 



(Liffurinus ehloris) ^^ ^^^ hawfinch, under the name of CoccotJiraustes 



chloris, the 

 greenfinch is now more 

 generally made the type of 

 a genus by itself, either with 

 the title here employed, or 

 as CJiloTis cJiloris. In the 

 cock greenfinch the forehead, 

 wing-coverts, and loins are 

 golden green, the outer 

 webs of the primary wing- 

 quills yellow, the rest of the 

 upper-parts olive-green 

 clouded with hair-brown, and 

 the under-pai'ts greenish yel- 

 low inclining to greyish on 

 the flanks. In the hen, which is inferior in size and duller in colour, 



ROWLAND WARD STUDIOS 



GKEENFINXH ( FEMALE) 



