LINNET 



BROWN LINNET COMMON LINNET GREY LINNET ROSE 

 LINNET RED-BREASTED LINNET. 



PLATE LXXXVIII. 



Linota cannabina, .... YARRELL. 



Linaria cannabina, .... MACGILLIVRAY. 



Fringilla cannabina, .... LINNAEUS. LATHAM. 



Fringilla linota, LATHAM. 



THE nest, of rather large size, is commonly placed in 

 heath, grass, furze, or gorse, and is neatly constructed 

 inside, but the outside rather roughly, being formed of 

 small twigs, roots, straws, fibres, and stalks of grass, thistle- 

 down, or willow catkins, intermixed with moss and wool, 

 and lined with hair and sometimes a few feathers. It is 

 occasionally placed in a gorse, thorn, or other bush or 

 tree, and has been known at a height of ten or twelve 

 feet, but is usually about four, from the ground ; also in 

 hedges ; often in trees trained against the wall, particularly 

 the pear, as affording the most concealment. 



The first eggs are usually laid in April. They are from 

 four to six in number, of a bluish white colour, spotted, 

 most at the larger end, with purple grey and reddish 

 brown. 



