CHLORIS. — COCCOTHEAUSTES. 11 



Family FRINGILLID^. 



Genus CHLORIS Cuvier, Le9ons d' Anat. Comp. i. 1800, 



tab. 2. 

 Type : C, cJdoris (Linn.). 



Chloris = x^i^p's, a yellowish-green bird mentioned by Aristotle ; from 

 X^iopds = green. 



Chloris chloris. Greenfinch. 



LOXia chloris Linncevs, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 174 : 



Sweden, 

 Ligurinus cliloris (Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 49 ; 



Saunders, Manual, 2ncl ed. 1899, p. 169. 

 Chloris chloris Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888, p. 21. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Resident, common and 

 very widely distributed as far north as tiie Orkneys. A 

 Summer Visitor, as manj of onr native birds emigrate in the 

 autumn and return in spring. Also a Winter Visitor from 

 the Continent to our Islands, including the Shetlands and 

 Outer Hebrides. 



General Distribution. — The typical race of the Greenfinch 

 inhabits northern and central Europe up to 65° N. latitude 

 in Norway and 60° N. in the Urals. Allied forms have 

 been recognised from southern Europe, the Azores, Corsica, 

 north-west Africa, Syria, Palestine, and Turkestan. 



Genus COCCOTHEAUSTES -Brmo«,Orn.iii. 1760, p. 218. 

 Type : C. coccothraiistes (Linn.). 



Coccothraustes = o KOKKo9pavaTri^, fhe kernel-breaker, in Hesychius ; from 

 KoKKOs and Opavu}.. 



Coccothraustes coccothraustes. Hawfinch. 



LOXla COCCOtliraUSteS Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 171 : 

 South Europe. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris Pallas ; B. O. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 50 ; 



Saunders, Mamial, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 171. 

 Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linn.); Sharpe, Oat. Birds B.M. 



xii. 1888, p. 36, 



