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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 cJiloris, Temminck.) 
*Fringilla chloris, Temra.Man. d’Orn. 1. p. 346. 2. — Loxia chloris, Linn. Syst. 1. 
p. 304. sp. 27. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 382. sp. 39. — Raii, 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, 1. p. 346. — 
Gruner Kernbeisser, Bechst. Naturg. Dent. 3. p. 45. — Frisch, t. 2. f. 2. A. B. — 
De Groenling, Sejjp. Nederl. Vdg. 1. 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 Lewin's 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. Q3.— 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 muchTess vivid, inclining to brown. 
This is a very common bird in most parts of England in summer ; 
becomes gregarious in winter, flocking 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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