LINNET; PURPLE FINCH; PURPLE 

 GROSBEAK, 



CARPODACTJS PITEPURETJS. 



THE linnet (this is the popular name) is a very 

 spirited and charming singer, especially during the 

 mating season. A careful observer tells me he has seen 

 him fly from the side of his mate directly upward fifteen 

 or twenty feet, singing every instant in the most excited 

 manner till he dropped to the point of starting. The 

 yellow-breasted chat has a like performance, and so has 

 the woodcock. 



The linnet's style of singing is a warble, but his song 

 is not short like the songs of the warblers ; it is often 

 a protracted extemporizing, difficult to represent. 



Some of the notes of the linnet: — 



Rapid and spirited. 



