342 L I N N E T. Class IL 



J30.L11VNET. Belon a<v. 'i,^6. Rail fyn. a'v. go. 



Linaria,Henfling, Schofzling, Fanello. Zinan. di. 



Flacklin. Gefner an;. 590. La Linotte. BriJJon av. III. 

 Haenfling. Frifch, 1. 9. 131 



JUr. av. II 359. PI enl. 151. f. i. 



Ull. orn. 258. £r. Zool. no. 



Descrit. ' i ^HE bill of this fpccies is diifky, but in the 

 X fpnng a/Tumes a bluifh caR- : the feathers 

 on the head are black edged with afh color : the 

 fides of the neck deep afh color : the throat marked 

 in the middle with a brown line ; bounded on each 

 fide with a white one : the back black bordered 

 with reddifh brown : the bottom of the bread is of 

 a fine blood red, which heighthens in color as the 

 fpring advances : the belly white : the vent feathers 

 yellowifh ; the fides under the wings fpotted with 

 brown: the quil feathers are dufky; the lower part 

 of the nine firft white : the coverts incumbent on 

 them black ; the others of a reddilh brown ; the 

 lowed order tipt with a paler color : the tail is a 

 little forked, of a brown color, edged with white; 

 the two middle feathers excepted, which are bor- 

 dered with dull red. The females and young birds 

 want the red fpot on the bread ; in lieu of that, 

 their breads are marked with diort dreaks of brown 

 pointing downwards: the females have alfo lefs 

 white in their wino-s. 



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