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BRITISH BIRDS# 
GREEN GROSBEAK. 
GREEN FINCH, OR GREEN LINNET* 
(. Loxia Chloris , Lin.~=Z> Verdier 3 Buff.) 
The bill is of a pale reddifh brown or flefh co ? 
lour ; eyes dark ; the plumage in general is of a 
yellowifh green ; the top of the head, neck, back, 
and leffer coverts olive green ; the greater covert^ 
and outer edges of the fecondary quills aih-colour- 
ed ; the vent and tail coverts the fame, dafhed with 
yellow ; the rump yellow. 
This bird is common in every part of Great 
Britain, and may be feen in almoft every hedge, e« 
fpecially during winter, when flocks of them keep 
together. The female makes her nell in hedges or 
}qw bufhes $ it is compofed of dry grafs, and lined 
