LINNET. 



He must also have plenty of water and 

 an abundance of fine gravel to assist his 

 digestion. He will readily breed with 

 the Canary, like which he should be 

 treated, and probably with some of our 

 native birds. He should be kept very 

 warm in the winter season, as he is 

 extremely delicate and sensible to cold. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



ENGLISH GREY OR BROWN LINNET. Frin- 

 gilla linaria. 



This small, neatly plurnaged, and in the 

 spring season, showy Finch, is one of the 

 most favourite of cage-birds in his native 

 country, and is equally esteemed in the 

 same situation here. 



His colours are not very striking, and 

 the whole bird presents a rather dumpy 



