CHLORIS.
Plumage greenish ; tail long and forked ; bill short and thick ; nest open, in trees or bushes; eggs dull bluish or greenish white with reddish shell markings and deep red brown spots and streaks.
Chloris chloris chloris GREENFINCH. Fr. Verdier ; Ger. GriinlingY ; Itat. Verdone ; Swed. Gronflnk.
e adult. Above yellowish green, washed with brownish grey, brighter and yellower on forehead, face, and underparts, especially middle of abdomen ; primaries outer web yellow, secondaries and greater wing coverts margined and tipped slate grey ; tail feathers, except central pair, yellow at base and margined grey. Bill dark brown above, paler below. Legs and feet pale pinkish straw. Wing 6 85-39, S2-SS. Tarsus 17-20, Bill 10-1 2. Q browner, except on rump, and faintly streaked ; much less yellow on wings and tail. Young ; above brown ; beneath greenish yellow with dark brown streaks.
finvds.—Norway to about 65" N., S. Sweden, Livonia, Russia, Tyrol, Germany, N. France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, and
British Isles. l'artly migratory.
C. chioris madaraszi Tschusi. above deeper, more intense green than in "chloris," and browner, less grey tinged ; beneath darker ; somewhat shorter winged.
Resident. —Corsica, Sardinia.
C. ehloris muhlei Parrot. Size as typical form, but darker grey above, not so dark as "madaraszi." \Ving d 87,Q 83.
JJrecds.—S. Hungary, Italy, Balkan Peninsula (Rumania to Greece) ; Asia Minor, Cyprus. l'artly migratory.
C. chloris aurantliventris Cabanis. Brighter, with scarcely any brown grey tinge on upper parts, and more uniformly yellow beneath. \Ving So-86.
Rrccds.—S. France, Spain and Portugal, N.W. Africa (Tunis to Morocco). Migratory ; more abundant N.W. Africa and S. Spain in winter.
The Cretan Greenfinch's status is not yet determined ; it may be near "chlorotica," a smaller and brighter form from Syria.