378 LINARIA CANNABINA. 



almost impracticable, to detail the minute gradations and 

 changes that are exhibited by this bird, as it advances in age. 

 I shall therefore rest content with the descriptions already- 

 given, apprehensive that they may prove quite sufficient to 

 exhaust the patience of the reader. 



Remarks. — The Brown Linnet very closely resembles the 

 next species, which, however, besides being smaller, has never 

 any red on the head or breast, and has the throat always un- 

 streaked. 



