CHLORIS. COCCOTHRAUSTES. 11 



Family FRINGILLID.E. 



Genus CHLORIS Cuvier, Lecons <T Anat. Comp. i. 1800, 



tab. 2. 

 Type : C, chloris (Linn.). 



Chloi-is = \\tapis, a yellowish-green bird mentioned by Aristotle ; from 

 \\iapos = green. 



Chloris chloris. GREENFINCH. 



Loxia Chloris Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 174 : 



Sweden. 

 Ligurinus chloris (Linn.); B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 49; 



Saitnders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 169. 

 Chloris chloris SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888, p. 21. 



Distribution in the British Islands. Resident, common and 

 very widely distributed as far north as the Orkneys. A 

 Summer Visitor, as many of our native birds emigrate in the 

 autumn and return in spring. Also a Winter Visitor from 

 the Continent to our Islands, including the Shetlands and 

 Outer Hebrides. 



General Distribution. The typical race of the Greenfinch 

 inhabits northern and central Europe up to 65 N. latitude 

 in Norway and 60 N. in the Urals. Allied forms have 

 been recognised from southern Europe, the Azores, Corsica, 

 north-west Africa, Syria, Palestine, and Turkestan. 



Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES Brisson, Orn. iii. 1760, p. 218. 



Type : C. coccotliraustes (Linn.). 



Coccofhraustes = 6 KOKKo9pauaTt)s, the kernel-breaker, in Hesychius ; from 

 KOKKOS and 9paiu>. 



Coccothraustes coccothraustes. HAWFINCH. 



Loxia COCCOthraustes Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 171 : 

 South Europe. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris Pallas ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 50 ; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 171. 

 Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linn.) ; SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xii. 1888, p. 3G. 



