102 SBITISH BIBBS' NESTS. 



Time.- — April, May, June, July, and sometimes 

 as late even as August. 



Bemar'ks. — Resident. Notes: call when flying, 

 yacJi-ijacl-, Rud when perched, sJiivoiug, according to 

 Bechstein. When disturbed whilst sitting, it utters 

 a heart-softening sort of melancholy tivcnj that is 

 enough to fill any young collector with remorse. 

 Local and other names : Green Linnet, Green 

 Chub, Green Grosbeak, Green Bird, Green Lintie. 

 Sits very closely. 



GREENSHANK. 



Description of Pareut Birds. — Length about 

 twelve or thirteen inches. Bill long, slightly 

 curved upwards, and almost black in colour. Irides 

 hazel. Head, sides, and back of neck greyish- 

 wdiite, marked with almost black longitudinal lines. 

 Back and wdngs (except primaries, which are dull 

 black) greenish-black, each feather being bordered 

 with buffy-white. Tail-quills white, barred in the 

 middle and striped on the outside with ash-brown. 

 Chin, throat, breast, sides, belly, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts white, the throat and sides being 

 slightly streaked with ash-grey. Legs and toes 

 olive-green ; toes black. 



Female similar to male. 



Situation and Locality. — On the ground amongst 

 tufts of coarse grass, heather, betw^een dry mounds 

 near lochs and streams in the North and West ol 

 Scotland, the Hebrides, and Shetlands. 



Materials. — A few bits of dead grass, used as 

 a lining to the declivity chosen. 



Eggs. — Four; pale yellowish-green to warm 

 stone-colour or buff, beautifully blotched or spotted 

 with light purple, grey, and dark brown. Markings 



