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ORD. III. GEN. V. GROSBEAK. 



SPE. V. GREEN FINCH. 



PL 70. 



Loxia Chloris. Lin. Syft. I. p. 304. 

 Le Verdier. Brif. III. p. 190. 



The bill of this bird is flout, thick at the bafe, pointed, and of a pale horn 

 colour: the eyes dark hazel: head, neck, and throat, of a yellow green: the back 

 dark green, fhaded with faint chefnut colour : belly pale greenifh white : rump 

 yellow : middle tail feathers dufky black j the edges of the two outer feathers 

 on each fide the tail yellow : greater and lefs wing coverts grey, ridge of the 

 wings of a bright yellow, tips of the quill feathers dufky black, and their bor- 

 ders yellow. 



The female is of a dufky green colour, with fcarcely any yellow in the whole 

 of the plumage. 



This fpecies builds its neft early in the fpring, moftly in black-thorn bufhes, 

 laying four or five eggs. It is of a very docile nature and readily made tame. 

 Its fong is trifling and fhort. It feeds on feeds of every kind, and is very hardy 

 and numerous. 



For the egg, fee PI. XVI. Fig. 3. 



