LINNET, MOUNTAIN, OR TWITE. 
Fringitta Montium, Wont. 
The Mountain Linnet, or Twite, is abundant in 
Norway, &c., and other northern regions, extend- 
ing to the Arctic Circle, but is rare, and only known 
as a bird of passage in the warmer parts of Europe. 
Tt is abundant in the northern part of Scotland, the 
Hebrides, Orkney, and the Shetland Islands, where 
it breeds, and numbers remain all the year. As 
autumn approaches, a portion assemble in flocks, 
leave the mountains, and proceed southward, 
associating in their migration with the Common 
Linnet. The nest of the Mountain Linnet, which 
is placed among the heather, is neatly constructed 
of dry grass, moss, &c., with a lining of fibrous 
roots, wool, and hair. The eggs are of a bluish 
white, spotted with brown and purplish red specks. 
MAGPIE. 
Corvus Pica, Lin. 
This handsome species of Crow is generally dis- 
persed throughout the United Kingdom, except in 
very mountainous districts. It is a bird of crafty 
and restless disposition, and although shy and sin- 
