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LIXXET. 



BROWN LINNET. COMMON LINNET. GREATER REDPOLE. GREY LINNET. 

 ROSE LINNET. RED-BREASTED LINNET. WHIN LINNET. 



PLATE LXXXVIII. 



Linaria cannabina, MACGILLIA'BAT. 



Fringilla cannabina, LrjfN-rs. LATHAM. 



" Li not a, LATHAM. 



Linota cannabina, PBINCE OF MCSIGNASO. YABRELL. 



THE nest is commonly placed in heath, grass, furze, or gorse, and is 

 neatly constructed, being formed of small twigs and stalks of grass, 

 intermixed with moss and wool, and lined with hair and feathers. It 

 is occasionally placed in a bush or tree, and has been known at a 

 height of ten or twelve feet from the ground. W. Bridger, Esq. has 

 obliged me with a specimen. 



The eggs are from four to six in number, of a bluish white colour, 

 spotted, most so at the larger end, with purple grey and reddish brown; 

 some are of a reddish black colour without spots, and some, exceptional 

 ones, have been known pure white. 



One variety is of a very light greenish grey, with very small pale 

 red spots all over it. 



A second is of a pale greenish grey, handsomely marked with red 

 spots at the thicker end, and two or three other black spots. 



A third is also pale greenish grey, mottled all over with larger pale 

 red spots, most numerous at the larger end. 



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