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Title: An illustrated manual of British birds
Identifier: cu31924000047815 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Gurney and Jackson
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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FRINGILLIN/E. 169
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THE GREENFINCH. LiGURfNUS chl<5ris (Linnseus). The Greenfinch, sometimes called the Green Linnet, is a common and well-known resident species in the cultivated and wooded dis- tricts of Great Britain and Ireland. In the bleaker portions of our islands it is, naturally, less abundant; but it has spread with the in- crease of plantations of late years, and even in some of the Orkneys it now breeds freely, although to the Shetlands, as well as to the Outer Hebrides, it is still a mere visitor, chiefly in autumn. Large flocks annually arrive on our east coast in October. To the Faeroes the Greenfinch is only a rare wanderer; but south of 65° N. lat. in Norway and 60° in the Ural Mountains it is more or less sedentary in suitable localities throughout Europe. In Spain, Northern Africa, Palestine and Asia Minor, our comparatively large and dull-coloured bird is only observed during the winter months, and the race which breeds is distinctly smaller, and—especially on the forehead—more brightly coloured. Extremes of this form have been named L. chloroticus; while intermediate examples have been

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