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STORIES ABOUT BIJiDS. 



made of grass and moss and wool, and lined with hair. He is very fond 

 of the hilly parts of the country, where there are thickets of broom and 

 heather. And he delights in the wild and craggy glens, where he can rear 

 his brood away from the haunts of man. 



He has three relations — the mountain linnet, and the red pole, and the 



THE BROWN LINNET. 



green linnet. He himself is the largest of them all, and the most robust. 

 His plumage is slightly glossed, the upper part of the head streaked with 

 greyish brown, and the back of the same colour, only of a redder shade. 

 The feathers of the forehead are red, tipped with brown. 



He is found at all times of the year, both in England and Scotland ; but 

 towards the end of autumn the linnets collect into flocks, and visit the farm- 



