. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland . X u z il LL The Greenfinch 43 Family— Subfamily—COCCOTHRAUSTIN/E. The Greenfinch. JLigiiriniis ch/ori^, Linn. OF tlie geographical distribution of tlie Greenfinch, Dr. Sharpe says that itinhabits:—Europe generall}-; the countries bordering the Mediterranean;accidental in Madeira; extending eastwards in Persia and North-westernTurkestan. In Great Britain this conunon and well-known Grosbeak is generally distri-buted, breeding in all suitable localities; but to the Orkneys, Hebrides, andShetlands, it is chiefly an autumn and winter visitant, th

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. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland . X u z il LL The Greenfinch 43 Family— Subfamily—COCCOTHRAUSTIN/E. The Greenfinch. JLigiiriniis ch/ori^, Linn. OF tlie geographical distribution of tlie Greenfinch, Dr. Sharpe says that itinhabits:—Europe generall}-; the countries bordering the Mediterranean;accidental in Madeira; extending eastwards in Persia and North-westernTurkestan. In Great Britain this conunon and well-known Grosbeak is generally distri-buted, breeding in all suitable localities; but to the Orkneys, Hebrides, andShetlands, it is chiefly an autumn and winter visitant, though N. B. Kinnear, in1907, recorded the fact that it breeds at Stornoway and has probably done so forsome time. The Greenfinch varies considerably as regards brilliance of colouring; the birdsof the spring immigration being stated to be much paler and brighter in colouringthan the resident birds: the latter are largely added to in the autumn, by theadvent of immense flocks which arrive in October on our eastern coasts. The adul

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