PASSERES. 



GREENFINCH. 



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 FRINGILLIDJR. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES CHLORIS (LinnseUS *). 



THE GREENFINCH. 



Coccothraustes chloris. 



The Greenfinch or Green Linnet, or Green Grosbeak 

 as some book-makers have called it, is one of our com- 

 monest birds, and remains in this country throughout the 

 year, changing its station occasionally to obtain food or 

 shelter in severe weather. It frequents gardens, small 

 woods, and enclosed fields, being seldom seen far from trees 

 or hedges, though it finds its living chiefly on the ground, 

 where it searches for grain, seeds or insects. The notes of 

 this bird are somewhat harsh and wanting in melody, but 



* Loxia chloris, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 304. 

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