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TWITE 



MOUNTAIN LINNET. 

 PLATE XC. FIGURE II. 



Linaria montana, SELBY. 



Fringilla flavirostris, LlNN^us. 



THE nest is built on the ground, chiefly in heath, 

 grass, or growing corn, by the side of a furrow, 

 or among gorse, and but seldom, if ever, in bushes. 

 It is formed of small roots, twigs, and stalks of shrubs, 

 heather, moss, and dry grass, and is lined with a small 

 quantity of hair or wool, and a few feathers. A pair 

 have built and reared their young in the aviary of 

 Mr. Thomas Walker, of Rosebank, near Tunbridge 

 Wells. 



The eggs, four, five, six, or seven in number, are 

 of a pale greenish or bluish white, spotted with reddish 

 brown, or light brown and purple-red towards the 

 larger end, with sometimes a few blackish dots. 



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