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FRIN GILLIDiE. 
INSESSORES. FRINGILLIDjE. 
COXIEOSTRES. 
• GREEN LINNET. 
GREEN-FINCH, GREEN-GROSBECK. 
COCCOTHRAUSTES CHLORIS. 
PLATE UI. FIG. I. 
The nest of the Green Linnet is loosely put together on 
the outside, which is composed of twigs, roots, moss, and 
wool, becoming finer and more compact as the structure 
advances; it is thickly lined with wool, very fine roots 
and grass, hair, and a few feathers. It may be found in 
almost every high edge, in thorn-bushes, in hollies, and 
other evergreens, in ivy against trees and walls; and, in 
one instance, I have found it upon a pollard apple-tree. 
It is most commonly at an elevation of five or six feet or 
more, rarely lower. The eggs are four or five, and vary 
but slightly. 
Birds in a state of nature rarely lay those mis-shapen 
lusus-like eggs which are common amongst our domestic 
poultry. I have one, however, from the nest of the Green 
Linnet, which is only half the usual size, and quite white, 
and have seen similar eggs from the nests of several other 
species. 
