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GKANIVOil^. 
Family FRINGILLID^. f Bonaparte.) 
Genus Fringili.a. f Linnceus.) 
CITKIL FINCH. 
Fringilla citrinella. 
Fringilla citrinella, 
“ alpina, 
“ hrumalis, 
Serinus citrinella, 
Chlorospiza citrinella, 
Cannahina citrinella, 
Citrinella serinus sive alpina, 
Venturon ordinaire, Le Venturon 
de Provence, or Gros hec Venturon, 
Gemeiner Citronenjinic, 
Venturone, 
Linna;us. Temminck. 
SCOPOLI. 
Bechstein. 
Boie. 
Kaup. 
Degland. 
Bonaparte. 
Oe the French, 
Of the Germans. 
Savi. 
Specific Characters . — Vertex and back green; nape grey. Pri- 
maries all tipped witli ash; first and third primaries of equal 
length, and the longest in the wing; tail much forked. Length 
four inches and four fifths; carpus to tip of wing three inches; 
tarsus seven lines; beak four lines; tail two inches and three 
tenths. 
The Citril Finch is very common in the south of 
Europe — in Greece, Turkey, Italy, the shores of the 
Mediterranean, and in Provence. It is found acciden- 
