326 INSESSORES. COCCOTHRAUSTES. Grosbeak. 

 GREEN GROSBEAK. 



CoCCOTHRAUSTES CHLORIS, FUm. 

 PLATE LIV. Fig. 3. 



Coccothraustes chloris, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 83. No. 99. 

 Fringilla chloris, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 346. 2. 

 Loxia chloris, Linn. Syst. v. 1. p. 304. sp. 27- — Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 382 



sp. 39.— 7?au, Syn. p. 85. A.— Will. p. 129. p. 44 Briss. 3. p. 190. 54. 



L,e Verdier, Buff. Ois. v. 4. p. 172. t. 15 Id. PI. 267. f- 2. male. 



Gros-bec Verdier, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 346. 



Gruner Kernbeisser, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 45 Frisch, t. 2. f. 2. 



A. B. 

 De Groenling, Sepp. Nederl. Vog. v. 1. t. 1. p. 73. 

 Greenfinch or Green Grosbeak, Br. Zool. No. 117 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 253. 



B — Lath. Svn. 3. p. 134. 36 Id. Supp. p. 152 Albin. 1. 1. 58 Lewiri's 



Br. Birds, 2. t. 69 — Mont. Ornith. Diet. v. 1 Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 11. 



Wale. Syn. 2. t. 208 Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. t. 136. 



Provincial — Green Linnet. 



An indigenous species, and very abundant in all parts of 

 Britain. After breeding, Green Grosbeaks begin to assem- 

 ble in flocks, which continue increasing through the autumn, 

 and become very numerous about the commencement of se- 

 vere weather. They frequently congregate with Chaffinches 

 and Yellow Buntings, and feed with them in the stubble- 

 lands, as long as the ground remains uncovered ; but, upon 

 the first fall of snow, 'like other granivorous birds, they re- 

 sort to the farm-yards, where they find a tolerable subsist- 

 ence amongst the corn-stacks, and on the refuse from the 

 barn. They generally roost in holly bushes, or in the warm 

 and sheltered retreat of fir-trees ; and, previous to retiring to 

 rest, quitting the company of their extraneous associates, they 

 make many circular flights in a compact body round their 

 sleeping station, before they settle for the night. The natu- 

 ral notes of this species are few, and it produces nothing wor- 

 thy of the name of song ; it is, however, capable of imitating 

 the notes of other bii'ds, when in a state of confinement, to 

 which it becomes very speedily accommodated. It is a late 



