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GREENFINCH. 



GREEN LINNET. 

 FRINGILLA CHLORIS, Lin. 



The Greenfinch is generally scattered in this 

 country, in which it is a permanent resident, and 

 is also 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 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 in 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. 



GEEENSHANK. 



TOTANTTS GLOTTIS, Selby. 



This species is dispersed in England and some 

 of the southern parts of Scotland during winter, 



