4O THE BIRDS OF RAINHAM. 



LINNET. 



Linota cannabina (Linn.). 



The Linnet is pretty generally distributed, fond of 

 keeping their own company, are remarkably fond of 

 turnip seed ; when it can be procured will live entirely 

 upon it. They nest sometimes in low hedges and 

 gardens, singing and cheering us with their sweet 

 notes. Two white varieties have been obtained. 



TWITE. 



Linota flavirostris (Linn.). 



The Twite comes to us in the autumn and winter, 

 is always to be met with along our marsh walls, 

 sometimes in hundreds, and feeds upon the seeds of 

 the salt-water herbage. 



BULLFINCH. 

 Pyrrhula Europcea, Vieill. 



One of our most persecuted birds is the Bullfinch ; 

 they leave the woods in winter for the plantations 

 where their note is imitated, and they are shot, 

 scarcely a single one escaping. Further back in the 

 woods, out of reach of the plantations, when game 

 shooting, a few may be seen. 



