344 LESS RED HEADED LINNET. Class II. 



the tail, like that of the former, is forked, of 

 a du/ky color, edged on both fides with white, 

 which is broadefl on the inner webs. The head 

 of the female is afh color, fpotted with black: the 

 back and fcapnlars are of a dull brownilli red : and 

 the bread and fides of a dirty yellow, (Ireaked with 

 dufky lines. It is a common fraud in the bird 

 fhops in London^ when a male bird is diftinguifhed 

 from the female by a red breaii, as in the cafe 

 of this bird, to (lain or paint the feathers, fo that 

 the deceit is not eafily difcovered, without at left 

 clofe infpedion. 



Thefe birds are frequent on our fea-coafts; and 

 are often taken in flight time near London: it is a 

 familiar bird j and is chearful in five minutes after 

 it is caught. 



132. Less IFil. orn. 260. Grafifica. Faun. Suec./p, 241, 



Red headed Raiijyn. av. 91. Grafel, Meerzeifel, Tfchot- 



LiNNET. La petite Linotte des vignes. fchcrl. Krafn. 369. 



B)'iJjD?i a-v, ill. 138. Rothplattige Staenfling. Fnf. 



PL enl. 151. f. 2. L 10. 



Fringilla linaria. Lin. fyjl* Br. TjooI. hi. 

 322. 



Descrip. 'T^HIS is the left of the linnets, being fcarcc 



half the fize of the preceding. Its bill is 



dufky, but the bafe of the lower mandible yellow : 



' the forehead ornamented with a rich fiiining fpot of 



a purplifh red : the bread is of the fame color, 



but 



