. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . wlygraduated, all narrow and rounded ; the secondaries broaderand truncato-rotundate or slightly emarginate. Tail shortish,or of moderate length, emarginate, of twelve feathers, of whichthe outer are slightly bent outwards. The genus Linaria is very intimately allied to the generaPasser, Fringilla, and Carduelis, the three passing into eachothe
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . wlygraduated, all narrow and rounded ; the secondaries broaderand truncato-rotundate or slightly emarginate. Tail shortish,or of moderate length, emarginate, of twelve feathers, of whichthe outer are slightly bent outwards. The genus Linaria is very intimately allied to the generaPasser, Fringilla, and Carduelis, the three passing into eachother so gradually that a line of distinction can be but arbi-trarily drawn between the groups. The species are all ofsmall size, generally neat in appearance, lively, and prettilyalthough not often gaudily coloured. Four species are con-stant residents, and more or less common in most parts of thecountry; namely, the Greenfinch or Green Linnet, L. Chloris ;the Larger Redpoll or Brown Linnet, L. cannabina; the ^loun-tain Linnet or Twite, L. Montium ; and the Smaller Redpoll,L. minor. A fifth, the Mealy Linnet, L. horealis, has also beenfound. 365 LINARIA CHLORIS. THE GREEN LINNET, ORGREENFINCH. GREEN LINNET. GREENFINCH. GREEN GROSBEAK. GREEN Fig. 62. Loxia Chloris. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 304. Loxia Chloris. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 382. Greenfinch. Mont. Orn. Diet. Gros-bec verdier. Fringilla Chloi-is. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 346. Green Grosbeak. Coccothraustes Chloris. Selb. Illustr. I. 326. Fringilla Chloris. Green Grosbeak. Jen. Brit. Yert. An. 136. Male with the upper parts and breast yellowish green^ the headtinged with grey^ the edge of the icing^ the outer webs of the alula,and part of the outer zcebs of the primary quills^ icith the basalpart of the tail feathers yellow. Female with the upper partsgreenish-broicn^ the breast greyish-broicn^ the wings and tailmarked icith yellow as in the male, but to a less extent. Youngsimilar to the female. INI ALE.—The Green Linnet, which,
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