13 

 LOXIA CHLORIS. 



Syst. Nat. 304. 



THE GREENFINCH. 



PLATE XIII. 



A he bill is thick, straight, and sharp-pointed, of an 

 horn colour, except the tip, which is dusky. The eyes 

 are brown, the eye-lids white. The fore part of the 

 head, and the cheeks round the bill, are yellow, with 

 a cast of olive. The head and back are olive, with 

 a shade of brown. The rump inclines more to yel- 

 low. The outer borders of the seven first quill feathers 

 are of a bright yellow, as are also those of the bastard 

 wing. The next quills are edged with a dusky green, 

 and the last are wholly dusky. The first row of cov- 

 erts are of a dusky ash colour, the second a yellowish 

 green, brighter than the feathers on the back. 



The throat and breast are a green yellow, the belly 

 more yellow, and becomes almost white about the 

 thighs. 



The tail is a little forked, consisting of twelve feathers, 

 the two middlemost of a dusky black, except the upper 

 part of the exterior margins, which are olive-coloured. 



All the rest are yellow, except about half an inch of 

 the lower part, which is dusky. 



The legs and feet are of a dusky horn colour, and 

 the claws black. 



The colour of the hen is in all parts more dusky and 

 dull, and in old birds the feathers of the back and 

 breast have brownish dashes down their shafts. 



