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THE GREENFINCH. 
Licurinus CHLORIS (Linnzus). 
The Greenfinch, sometimes called the Green Linnet, isa common 
and well-known resident species in the cultivated and wooded dis- 
tricts of Great Britain and Ireland. In the bleaker portions of our 
islands it is, naturally, less abundant ; but it has spread with the in- 
crease of plantations of late years, and even in some of the Orkneys 
it now breeds freely, although to the Shetlands, as well as to the 
Outer Hebrides, it is still a mere visitor, chiefly in autumn. Large 
flocks annually arrive on our east coast in October. 
To the Feroes the Greenfinch is only a rare wanderer; but south 
of 65° N. lat. in Norway and 60° in the Ural Mountains it is more 
or less sedentary in suitable localities throughout Europe. In Spain, 
Northern Africa, Palestine and Asia Minor, our comparatively large 
and dull-coloured bird is only observed during the winter months, 
and the race which breeds is distinctly smaller, and—especially on 
the forehead—more brightly coloured. Extremes of this form have 
been named Z. ch/oroticus ; while intermediate examples have been 
