102 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



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

 as late even as August. 



Remarks. Kesident. Notes: call when flying, 

 yadi-yack, and when perched, sluvoing, according to 

 Bechstein. When disturbed whilst sitting, it utters 

 a heart-softening sort of melancholy tway 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. 



GREEN8HANK. 



Description of Parent 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- 

 white, marked with almost black longitudinal lines. 

 Back and wings (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, between dry mounds 

 near lochs and streams in the North and West of 

 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 



