Family FRINGILLIDAE. 

 Cannabina cannabina (L). — Linnet. 



(Plate 17, fig. a-d). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 13, No. 17). 



Colour of surface of shell 

 Colour of spots: 



Average dimensions: 

 Average weight of shell: 

 Texture of shell: 

 Shape : 

 Nest: 



Site of nest: 



Number of eggs: 

 Breeding season: 

 Duration of incubation: 



soft blue, varying in tint between bright 

 blue and almost white. 



the lowest spots are reddish dusky grey; 

 the following ones are greenish or dull 

 brownish red; the uppermost are dark red, 

 purple or blackish brown. 



18.25 X 13.11 millimetres. 



0.098 gram. 



not specially characterized. 



strongly varying. 



consists of vegetable material, lined with 

 hair, seed down, and sometimes with 

 feathers also. 



at various heights in small firs and pines, 

 shrubs, hedges, climbing plants, etc.; 

 sometimes on the ground. 



5—7 (after-set: 3—5). 



beginning of April— July. 



about 11 days. 



