216 GROSBEAK. 



Fringilla Chloris, Tern. Man. d'Orn. p. 207. Id. Ed. ii. 347: 



Le Verdier, Buf. iv. 172. pi. 15. PL enl. 267. 2. Hist. Prov. i. 513. 



Le Chipier proprement dit, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 132? 



Verdone, Olin. t. p. 26. Zinnan. Uov. 6. t. 9. f. 54. 



Grunling, Gunth. Nest. U. Ey. t. 62. Wirs. Vog. t. 53. 54. Naturf. xvii. 89. 



Green Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 134. Id. Sup. 152. Br. Zool. No. 117. Id.fol. 107. 



W. 1812. i. p. 432. ^m. Zoo/, ii. 353. B. JF*7/. £«#/. 246. pi. 44. Albin,\. 



pi. 58. Id. Song Birds, pi. p. 29. Collins's Birds, pi. ii. f. 3. 4. Bewick, i. pi. 



p. 136. Lewin's Birds, ii. 69. Graves, Br. Birds, iii. pi. 16. Wale. Syn. ii. pi. 



206. Donov. Birds, ii. pi. 43. Orn. Diet. 



THIS bird is about six inches long; extent of wing nine; 

 weight about one ounce. Bill brown ; general colour of the plu- 

 mage yellowish brown, palest on the rump, and breast, growing 

 whitish on the belly ; quills edged with yellow ; the four outer tail 

 feathers yellow from the base to the middle; legs flesh-colour. 



The female inclines more to brown, otherwise like the male. 



The Greenfinch, or Green Linnet, as by some called, is pretty 

 common in Great Britain, and makes the nest in a low bush, or 

 hedge, of dried grass, lined with hair, wool, &c. laying five or six 

 greenish eggs, marked at the larger end with red brown, and 

 weighing thirty-seven grains each. The hen will sometimes sit so 

 close as to suffer herself to be taken on the nest ; the male also will 

 sit in turn. It is a familiar species, soon being tame, even the old 

 bird; it flies in flocks in winter; and lives about five or six years; 

 and will produce, if paired with the Canary Finch. Is sufficiently 

 known every where on the Continent of Europe, though far from 

 common in Russia, and not at all in Siberia, but met with in Kamt- 

 schatka. We have reason to suppose, that it shifts its quarters at 

 certain seasons, for it is plentiful in Cumberland, and Scotland, yet 

 in the former is rarely observed in the winter, though in the last 

 week of March becomes common there, and breeds as in other parts 

 of England. It probably visits the Barbary Coasts occasionally; 

 for, though this species breeds in almost all parts of the district of 

 Gibraltar, it appears most numerous in spring and autumn, when 



