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and feathers, laying four or five eggs that are 

 similar to the Linnet's, of a greenish cast, with a 

 rusty red mark at the larger end ; and the female 

 is so careful of them during the time of incubation 

 that she may be easily taken out of her nest : the 

 male is said to assist her in guarding the eggs. Its 

 food is principally seed and grain 5 and it is easily 

 tamed, as it will become familiar almost as soon 

 as taken : its native song is very trifling, but in 

 confinement it will soon learn the notes of other 

 birds : is very liable to become blind if exposed 

 to the sun. In the winter this bird flocks with 

 the Chaffinches and Yellow-hammers ; and mi- 

 grates into other districts if the weather be severe: 

 often called the Green Linnet. 



CHINESE GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia sinensis.) 



\j.fusca subtus rufescens, capite collogue griseo virescentibus, re- 



migibus rectricibusque nigris apice albidis. 

 Brown Grosbeak, beneath reddish, with the head and neck 



greenish grey ; quills and tail-feathers black, with white tips. 

 Loxia sinensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 855. — Lath. Ind. Orn. J. 



383. 40. 



Le Verdier de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. hid. 2. 202. 

 Chinese Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 135. 3?. 



Very similar to the common Greenfinch : the 

 beak is greenish yellow : head and neck greenish 

 grey : back and wing-coverts light brown 5 those 



