Class II. RED HEADED LINNET. 



Thefe birds are much efleemcd for their fong : 

 they feed on feeds of different kinds, which they 

 peel before they eat : the feed of the linum or fiax 

 is their favorite foodj from whence the name of 

 the linnet tribe. 



They breed among furze and white thorn : the 

 outfide of their neft is made with mofs and bents ; 

 and lined with wool and hair. They lay five whitidi 

 eggs, fpotted like thofe of the goldfinch. 



343 



Linaria rubra. Gefner av. 591. 

 Fanello marino. Aldr. a^v. II. 



360. 

 Wil. orn. 260. 

 Rail Jyn. av. 91. 

 La grande Linotte des vignes. 



BriJJen a^v. III. 1 35. 

 Fringilla cannabina. Lin.fyjl, 



322. Scopoliy No. 219. 



Hampling. Faufi» Suec, /p. 

 240. 



Torn-Irifk. Brunnichy 26^. 



HauefFerl, Hampfling. Kram, 

 36S. 



Blut Hanfling (Bloody Lin- 

 net). Frifchy I. 9. 



Br. Zool. no. 



131. Red 



HEADED 



Linnet. 



THIS bird is lefs than the former: on the Descrip. 

 forehead is a blood colored fpot ; the refl of 

 the head and the neck are of an afh color : the 

 bread is tinged with a fine rofe color : the back, 

 fcapular feathers, and coverts of the wings, are of 

 a bright reddifh brown : the firfl quil-feather is en- 

 tirely black 'y the exterior and interior edges of the 

 eight following are white, which forms a bar of 

 that color on the wing, even when clofed : the 

 fides are yellow ^ the middle of the belly white : 



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