THE aEEENFINCH, 



Coccothraustes chloris. 

 FringiUa chloris. 



HE Greenfinch ^ is perhaps the 

 least, interesting of the Finch 

 tribe, if it be possible to imagine 

 anj^ of the family less interest- 

 ing than another ; but it is only 

 necessary to watch this bird in 

 its natural condition, to observ^e 

 very many instances of that in- 

 scrutable instinct which teaches 

 all living nature its own par- 

 ticular work in the economy 

 of life. 



Hanclsorae in plumage the 

 Greenfijich would be, did not a 

 certain sober-coloured grey so 

 much predominate. In form 

 the bird is somewhat heavy, 

 from which circumstance it is 

 known in some districts by the 

 sobriquet of '" Gree n Ch ub/^ It 

 is also_ known as the " Green 

 Linnet," though totally dis- 

 similar from the sprightly Lin- 

 net, both in form and plumage. 

 Its flight is varied according to 



