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GREEN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia Chloris.) 



l^.jtavicante-virens, remigibas primoribus antice luteis, rectricibus 



lateralibus quatuor basi luteis. 

 Yellowish-green Grosbeak, with the primary quills in front, and 



the four lateral tail-feathers yellow. . 

 Loxia Chloris. Lin. Syst. Nat. I. 304. T], — Lin. Faun. Sues. 



226. — Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 854. — Briss. 3. J 90. 54. — Lath. 



hid. Orn. 1. 382. 3Q. 

 Le Verdier. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 1/2. 1 5. —Buff. PI. Enl. 



267- 2. 

 Greenfinch. Pen. Brit. Zool. 117. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 353. b. 



— Albin. 1. 5S. — Leivin. Brit. Birds. 2. 6g. — Montague. Brit. 



Birds. 1. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 134. 36. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 152. 



—Beivick. 1. 



The Greenfinch is rather larger than a Sparrow: 

 the beak is thick and whitish : irides dark hazel : 

 head and back yellowish green ; the edges of the 

 feathers greyish inclining to ash-colour about the 

 sides of the head and neck : rump and breast more 

 yellow : greater quills yellow on the outer webs ; 

 those next the body greyish : tail slightly forked ; 

 the middle feathers dusky, and the four outer fea- 

 thers on each side yellow on their exterior webs : 

 legs flesh-colour : female not so bright, and with 

 a brown cast : sometimes found quite white. 



This bird is common all over the continent of 

 Europe, but occurs very rarely in Russia : it con- 

 structs its nest in a low and thick bush or hedge, 

 composed of dry grass, and lined with hair, wool, 



