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GREEN-FINCH, GREEN-LINNET, 
Defcription and Char after. 
I T is a little bigger than the Chaffinch, of &. 
ftrong, hardy nature : they are frequently 
kept in cages, but not much efteemed for Ting- 
ing ; they are more valued for their learning to 
ring the bells in a cage contrived for that pur- 
pofe : tho’ fome of them, if brought up from 
the neft, will learn to pipe, whiftle, and imitate 
the fong of mod other birds. 
At the beginning of Winter, and in hard 
weather, they gather in flocks, and may be ta- 
ken with the clap-nets in great numbers. 
Marks of the Cock and Hen. 
His head and back are green, the edges of 
the feathers greyiili ; and the middle of the 
back hath fomething of a chefnut-colour inter- 
mixed ; the fore part of his head, neck, and 
bread, quite down to his belly and rump, are 
of a deep yellowifh green ; the lower belly in- 
clining to whitifh : the borders of the outermoft 
quill-feathers of the wings are of an elegant yd- 
