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same way as the Chaffinches, and were often mingled 

 with them ; few in comparison with the Chaffinches, but 

 still more numerous than I have seen them before." 



There are specimens in the Maidstone Museum 

 obtained on March 22, 1887, at Marden, in Kent, b}^ 

 Mr. H. Kennard. It was not until March 6, 1906, that 

 this species was obtained at Ivychurch in Eomney 

 Marsh, and on March 21 others were procured in 

 Bourne Wood, Orlestone, after a snowstorm. 



Genus LINOTA, Bonaparte. 



LINNET. 



Linota cannahina (Linnaeus). H.N., i., p. 322 

 (1766). 



Linnet, Boys, 1792 ; Grey Pate (Kent, for the 

 young of autumn) ; Grey Linnets. 



The Linnet is resident and abundant throughout the 

 county and breeds freely in all the furze-covered wastes, 

 but it does not restrict itself to furze ; many pairs are 

 found nesting in old hedges surrounding gardens and 

 fields. During the autumn and winter they congregate 

 in large flocks and mingle with the other finches in the 

 stubble fields and rick yards. 



The male Linnet is a very beautiful bird when he 

 assumes the crimson breast of the breeding season, 

 which is greatly reduced in colour in autumn and winter. 

 It was not until May 25, 1906, that nests were found 

 with fresh eggs in them, and these were placed in furze 

 bushes, but nests were afterwards seen in some stunted 

 thorn bushes in Bomney Marsh. 



