. The sportsman's British bird book . HAWFINCH (m.\:). GREENFINCH 575 eastern districts of England, though apparently migratory to someextent in autumn ; and it also breeds in some Welsh counties. ToIreland it is only a casual visitor: it is, however, resident in the eastern and southern districts of Scotland,but not apparently on the westcoast, although it has recently beenrecorded from Dumfriesshire, Inthe Hebrides, Shetlands, andOrkneys it is seemingly un-known. Hawfinches are much morecommon in the home counties ofEngland than is generally sup-posed ; and before the times ofbird-preserv
. The sportsman's British bird book . HAWFINCH (m.\:). GREENFINCH 575 eastern districts of England, though apparently migratory to someextent in autumn ; and it also breeds in some Welsh counties. ToIreland it is only a casual visitor: it is, however, resident in the eastern and southern districts of Scotland,but not apparently on the westcoast, although it has recently beenrecorded from Dumfriesshire, Inthe Hebrides, Shetlands, andOrkneys it is seemingly un-known. Hawfinches are much morecommon in the home counties ofEngland than is generally sup-posed ; and before the times ofbird-preservation eggs could be ob-tained in almost any numbers fromthe boys in many parts of Hertfordshire. The shy and retiring habits ofthe bird account for its being so seldom seen. Although larger, thenest is of the general type of that of a bullfinch ; and the four to sixlarge and handsome eggs are generally greyish drab, with blotches andscribbled lines of grey and blackish brown, of which the latter are themore SKUI-L AND LOWER JAW OF HAWKINCH, SHOW-ING CRUSHING KNOBS ON THE PALATE. Greenflneh Although sometimes included in the same genus (Liffurinus ehloris) ^^ ^^^ hawfinch, under the name of CoccotJiraustes chloris, thegreenfinch is now moregenerally made the type ofa genus by itself, either withthe title here employed, oras CJiloTis cJiloris. In thecock greenfinch the forehead,wing-coverts, and loins aregolden green, the outerwebs of the primary wing-quills yellow, the rest of theupper-parts olive-greenclouded with hair-brown, andthe under-paits greenish yel-low inclining to greyish onthe flanks. In the hen, which is inferior in size and duller in colour,
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