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GKANIVOILE. 



Family FRINGIBBIBM. (Bonaparte.,) 



Genus Fringilla. ( Binnceus.) 



CITEIL FINCH. 



Fringitta citfinella. 



Fringilla citrinella, Linn^us. Temminck. 



" alpina, Scopoli. 



brumalis, Bechstein. 



Serinus citrinella, Boie. 



Chlorospiza citrinella, Kaup. 



Cannabina citrinella, Degland. 



Citrinella serinus sive alpina, Bonapabte. 

 Venturon ordinaire, Le Venturon 



de Provence, or Gros bee Venturon, Of the French. 



Gemeiner Citronenfink, Of the G-eemans. 



Veniurone, Savi. 



Specific Characters. — Vertex and baek green; nape grey. Pri- 

 maries all tipped with, 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- 



