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FRINGIIiLID-E. 



INSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



FRINGILLID^. 



THE COMMON LINNET. 

 Linota cannabina. 



Fringilla linota, Linnet Finch, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 462. 

 ,, cannabina, Red-headed Finch, ,, ,, ,, 464. 



,, linota. Brown Linnet, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



cannabina, Greater Redpole, 

 linota, The Linnet, 



cannabina, Greater Redpole, 

 Brown Linnet, 

 Common ,, 



Linaria 

 Fringilla 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 205. 

 201. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 84. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 139. 

 ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 315. 



,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 



Gros-bec linotte, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 364. 



Linota. Generic Characters. — Beak straight, conical, pointed. Nostrils 

 basal, lateral, concealed by short feathers. Wings long, somewhat pointed ; 

 the first, second, and third feathers nearly equal in length. Tarsi short ; feet 

 with lateral toes of equal length ; the hind toe and claw as long as that in the 

 middle ; claws slender, acute, and curved. Tail forked. 



