5"3, 



X 



THE LINNE T. 



Fringilla linota — Latham. 

 Lifibta cannabina — Linnaeus. 



HEREVER bad farming- prevails, 

 the L innet will be found. " Clean " 

 land has few charms for him, 

 but whe re weeds grow apace is 

 the Li nnet's harjpy hunting- 

 ground. No doubt toll is taken 

 of the sown seed, but were he 

 not to help keep the weeds under, 

 many a good field of corn or root 

 crops would be choked. When 

 it is taken into consideration that 

 a Linnet will eat several thou- 

 sands of the seeds of weeds in a 

 week, some idea may be formed 

 of its power for good. 



The plumage of the Linnet is 

 subject to great variation. The 

 young- Linnet of the year has an 

 unpretending- plumage of greyish 

 brown, each feather being tipped 

 and edged with slightly darker 

 brown; the primary wing-feathers 

 are dark brown, partly edged 

 with white, and the tail-feathers 



