BRITISH BIRDS. 



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THE GREEN GROSBEAK. 



GREEN FINCH, OR GREEN LINNET. 



(Fringilla Chloris, Temm. Gros-bcc verdier^ 

 Temm.) 



THE bill is of a pale reddish brown, or flesh 

 colour; eyes dark; plumage in general yellowish 

 green ; the top of the head, neck, back, and lesser 

 coverts olive green; the greater coverts and outer 

 edges of the secondary quills ash-grey; vent and 

 tail coverts the same, dashed with yellow; rump 

 yellow. 



These birds are common in every part of Great 

 Britain. They do not migrate, but change their 

 quarters according to the season of the year. 

 They keep together in small flocks during the 

 extremity of winter, when they draw to the shelter 

 of villages and farm yards, and disperse to breed 

 in the spring. The female makes her nest in trees, 



