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song-bird are^ I never could understand, as its song is to me 
positively unpleasant. 
Greenfinches from Morocco and the south of Spain are 
rather smaller and more brightly coloured than English 
birds^ and have been supposed to belong to the form called 
Chlorospiza chlorotica (Licht.); but I never could see sufficient 
reason to separate them as a species. 
165. LiNOTA CANNABINA, Liuu. The Common Linnet. 
Moorish. Sharif (Favier). Spanish. Camacho, Jamas. 
"Abundant around Tangier, many being resident and 
nesting from March to June. They are mostly migratory 
and cross to Europe in March and April, returning in large 
flocks during September and October." — Favier. 
The common Linnet is very plentiful on the Spanish side, 
especially during the winter months. Great numbers remain 
to breed, nesting in April, mostly in scrub on the sides of the 
hills. Upon one occasion a pair built on an olive-bush in my 
garden at Gibraltar. 
The adult males are, as a rule, far more brightly coloured 
than the average of English specimens. 
166. LiNOTA RUFEscENS (ViciU.). The Lesser Redpole. 
This bird is not mentioned, but is included by Mr. Drake 
in his list of the birds of Morocco. 
On the Spanish side of the Straits it can only be considered 
a very rare and (like the Twite, the Siskin, and the Brambling) 
a very irregular winter visitant. 
167. LiNOTA MONTTUM (Gm.). The Twite, or Mountain- 
Linnet. 
I have no record of the occurrence of this Linnet on the 
Moorish side. In Andalucia it is as rare a winter straggler 
as the Lesser Redpole. 
The Twite has no red colour on the head or breast ; the 
tail is much forked ; and in the adults the bill is yellow. 
Length 5'25 inches ; wing, from carpus to tip, 3 inches. 
