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train, which is slightly tinged with yellow. The bill is six inches in length, 

 of a rich orange-yellow, tipt with black ; irides pale orange, giving- the 

 bird a sharp and piercing - aspect ; legs long and stout, of a black colour." 

 When of full age, the male and female are alike ; during- the first season 

 it is entirely destitute of the long- flowing- plumes, and is so different 

 from the bird in perfect plumage, as to be considered by many a dis- 

 tinct species. The one found in this country, was in a very imperfect 

 state of plumage, and apparently worn out with fatigue.* 



GREATER LOON.— A name for the Gaunt. 



GREATER PETTYCHAPS. — A name for the Fauvette. 



GREATER REDPOLE.— A name for the Linnet. 



GREATER WING COVERTS.— * Those feathers which imme- 

 diately cover the base of the quills.* 



GREBE (Podiceps, Linn^us.) — A genus of birds. 



GREEN BIRD.— A name for the Greenfinch. 



GREEN CORMORANT.— A name for the Cormorant. 



GREENFINCH (Fringilla clitoris, Temminck.) 



*Fringilla chloris, Temm.Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 346. 2. — Loxia chloris, Linn. Syst. 1. 

 p. 304. sp. 27.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 382. sp. 39.— Rati, Syn. p. 85. A.— 

 Will. p. 129. 44.— Briss. 3. p. 190. 54.— Le Verdier, Buff. Ois. 4. p. 172. 1. 15. 

 — Ib. pi. 267. f. 2. male. — Gros-bec Verdier, Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. p. 346. — 

 Gruner Kernbeisser, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 3. p. 45. — Frisch, t. 2. f. 2. A. B. — 

 De Groenling, Sepp. Nederl. Vog. L t. 1. p. 73. — Greenfinch or Green Gros- 

 beak, Br. Zool. No. 117 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 253. B. — Lath. Syn. 3. p. 134. 36, 



— Ib. Supp. p. 152 Albin, 1. 1. 58 Lewins Br. Birds, 2. t. 69.— Mont. Orn. 



Diet. 1. — Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 11.— Wale. Syn. 2. t. 208.— Bewick's Br. Birds, 

 t. 136.— Flem. Br. Anim. p. 83.— Selby, pi. 54. fig. 3. p. 263. 



Provincial. — Green Linnet. Green Bird.* 

 This species is rather larger than the house-sparrow ; weight nearly 

 eight drams ; length six inches and a half ; the bill is thick and whitish; 

 irides dark hazel ; the head and back yellowish green ; the edges of the 

 feathers greyish, inclining to ash-colour about the sides of the head and 

 neck ; the rump and breast more yellow ; the greater quills are yellow 

 on the outer webs ; those next the body greyish ; the tail is somewhat 

 forked ; the middle feathers dusky ; the four outer feathers on each 

 side are yellow on their exterior webs ; legs flesh-colour. The plumage 

 of the female is much less vivid, inclining to brown. 



This is a very common bird in most parts of England in summer ; 

 becomes gregarious in winter, nocking with chaffinches and yellow- 

 hammers ; but in severe weather entirely quits some districts. It is 

 rather a late breeder. The nest is composed of small dry twigs, bents, 

 and moss, interwoven with wool, and lined with hair and feathers ; is 

 commonly placed amongst ivy surrounding a tree, or in some thicket. 

 * Those which I have examined are composed externally of a rather 

 rough basket-work of roots, sometimes interwoven with moss, very 



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