THE GREENFINCH. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES CHLORIS. 



VERY similar in many respects to the Fringillcz, 

 or true Finches, the present bird possesses certain 

 peculiarities of structure which ally it rather with 

 the Hawfinch, and which have suggested the generic 

 separation of these two species, with some others, 

 under the name Coccothraustes. A casual glance 

 at close quarters enables one to note immediately 

 the unusually stout and conical bill (still more 



