THE LINNET 



LiNOTA CANNABINA 



The well-known and favourite Linnet is one of 

 the most widely distributed of British birds. It is 

 commonly dispersed ov^er England, Wales, Scot- 

 land and Ireland, even extending to many of the 

 Hebrides and the Orkneys, but not to the Shet- 

 lands. In the wilder and more remote northern 

 and western districts it is more local, and in some 

 places appears entirely to be replaced by the 

 nearly allied Twite. The Linnet is a widely 

 ranging continental species also, being found in 

 all suitable localities throughout Europe and South- 

 western Siberia as far east as the Altai mountains. 

 In West Europe, however, it does not appear to 

 range north of lat. 64° ; in East Europe five 

 degrees lower still. It is resident in the Canaries 

 and Madeira, as well as in North-west Africa, 

 but in North-east Africa, as far south as Abyssinia, 

 it is a winter migrant only; whilst in the extreme 

 north of its range it is a summer migrant. 



