38 THE BIRDS OF RAINHAM. 



GREENFINCH. 

 Coccothraustes chloris (Linn.). 



The Greenfinch resorts to the stubble fields in 

 autumn and winter, mixes freely with the Chaffinches 

 and Yellow Buntings, Tree-Sparrows and Bramblings ; 

 when the snow lies on the ground they visit the farm 

 homesteads ; after the snow is gone join company 

 again in the fields. They are rather bold birds, a 

 horse-hair springe is sure to catch them, in summer 

 building in rough hedges ; they are not so familiar 

 as the Chaffinch and Yellow Bunting, but where the 

 one is frequent the others are never far away. 



HAWFINCH. 

 Coccothraustes vulgaris, Pall. 



The Hawfinch is far from being an every day bird 

 with us. On one occasion, in spring, I observed five 

 busily feeding underneath some cherry trees in an 

 orchard ; and upon another occasion a pair nested and 

 reared their young in a wood beside a small pond ; 

 single birds are sometimes met with. 



GOLDFINCH. 

 Carduelis elegans, Stephens. 



I do not always see a Goldfinch in the course of a 

 year ; they seem to be getting more and more scarce. 



