GREENFINCH. 



GREEX GROS13E.1K. GSEEX 



Coccothraxstes chloris, FI.EMIXG. 



Loxia chloris, LINX.KUS. LATHAM. 



Linn-rin chloris, MACGILLI VRAY. 



Fi-ingilla chloris, TEMMIXCK. 



Coccothraustcs. Coccos A berry. Thraxn To break. Chloris. 

 Ohloros Light green ; properly, the colour of young grass. 



THE geographical range of the Greenfinch is extensive 

 throughout Europe and Asia. It is found from Sweden and 

 Norway to Belgium and Crete, and the countries bordering 

 on the Mediterranean; in Asia Minor and other parts. 



It is a plentiful species throughout the year in all the 

 cultivated parts of England. The same remark applies to 

 Scotland, excepting in the northern and western islands. In 

 Ireland it is common, and resident in suitable localities. It 

 is a winter visitant in Shetland and Orkney, frequently ap- 

 pearing during that season with flights of Linnets, Larks, 

 Snow Buntings, and other birds. 



About the middle of March, or earlier, they begin to move, 

 and disperse over the length and breadth of the land, and 

 by the middle of April they disappear from their winter 

 haunts. 



Towards the end of autumn Greenfinches collect into 

 flocks, frequently of considerable amount, attendant chiefly 

 on the farmstead or its vicinity. They by no means isolate 

 themselves from the company of other birds, especially those 

 of their own 'order' Chaffinches, Yellow-hammers, and others, 

 but though not exclusive in their habits, they in general 

 keep by themselves in straggling parties ; even in summer 

 small flocks have been seen: as many as thirty have been 



