MOUNTAIN LINNET. 



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bird lias a more elongated appearance than the Common 

 liinnet, or the Mealy Redpole. From the carpal joint to the 

 end of the wing, three inches : the first and third quill- 

 featliers equal in length ; the second longer than either, and 

 the longest in the wing ; the fom-th feather one-eighth of an 

 inch shorter than the third. 



The female is without the red colour on the rump, and is 

 also lighter in colour on the back ; her beak, less decidedly 

 yellow at the base, is dusky brown at the tip. 



Young birds, like the females, are lighter in colour gene- 

 rally, and are thus distinguished from old males. 



The vignette represents a Chamois hunter. 



