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GREENFINCH. 
GREEN LINNET. 
FRINGILLA CHLORIS, Lin. 
The Greenfinch is generally dispersed in this 
country, in which it is a permanent resident, and 
is found throughout the greater part of Europe. 
The natural notes of this species are few, and it 
produces nothing worthy of the name of song. It 
is, however, capable of imitating the note of other 
birds, when in a state of confinement, to which it 
becomes familiar. It is a late breeder. The nest 
is generally composed of moss and wool, inter- 
woven with a lining of hair and feathers, and 
usually placed in a thick hedge or bush, but occa- 
sionally in the ivy encircling some tree. The eggs, 
four or five im number, are of a bluish white, 
speckled, chiefly at the larger end, with light 
orange brown. In autumn Greenfinches collect in 
large flocks, which until spring search the stubble 
fields and stack-yards, often in company with 
Yellow Buntings and Linnets. 
GREENSHANK. 
Totanus a@nortis, Selby. 
This species is generally dispersed in England 
and some of the southern parts of Scotland during 
