THE GREENFINCH. 





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Coccothraustes Moris. 

 Fringilla chloris. 



HE Greenfinch is perhaps the 

 least interesting of the Finch 

 tribe, if it be possible to imagine 

 any of the family less interest- 

 ing than another ; but it is only 

 necessary to watch this bird in 

 its natural condition, to observe 

 very many instances of that in- 

 scrutable instinct which teaches 

 all living nature its own par- 

 ticular work in the economy 



; of life. 



Handsome in plumage the 

 Greenfinch would be, did not a 

 certain sober-coloured grey so 

 much predominate. In form 

 the bird is somewhat heavy, 

 from which circumstance it ig 

 known in some districts by the 

 sobriquet of " Green Chub." 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 



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