NATURAL HISTORY 



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FRI. \GILLA. 



CaimaLina (Lat. fond of hemp), the Linnet. 



bush. The eggs are five in number, greyish-white speckled 

 with red. 



FRINGILLA. 





Spinus (Lat. a Sloe-tree), the Siskin. 



The SISKIN is hardly to be considered more than an occa- 

 sional visitor in England, but in Scotland it sometimes breeds, 

 as may be seen from the following extract : 



