GREENFINCH. 557 



beak is pale brown ; the general colour of the plumage hair- 

 brown, tinged only with greenish yellow on the outer edges 

 of the primaries, the rump, and base of the tail-feathers ; 

 the throat, breast, and belly, pale brown, the latter tinged 

 with green ; under tail-coverts pale brownish white ; under 

 wing-coverts tinged with yellow. 



Young birds of the year in their first plumage are readily 

 known by the elongated patches of brown which they bear 

 at that period on the throat, breast, and belly ; a few clouded 

 spots are also to be seen on the back. 



Young males after their first moult are intermediate in 

 the general tone of colour between that of the adult male 

 and the female, but the yellow colour on the primaries does 

 not extend so far along each feather. 



