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9. MONTIUM. MOUNTAIN LINNET, OR TWITE. 



F. supra varia, subtus rufescens, abdomine albido, 

 super ciliisfasciague alarum rufescentibus, vertice 

 uropygioque rubris. Shaw. 



The bill is yellowish, the tip brown; the irides 

 are hazel ; the top of the head and rutnp are red ; 

 the upper parts are dusky black, edged with rufous ; 

 beneath is rufous-white, with blackish spots on the 

 throat ; the belly is white. 



The female wants the red rump. 



Var. with head light rufous. 



The nest is formed of moss and roots of plants, 

 mixed with heath. 



The eggs are bluish- white, spotted with purplish. 



GENUS XXIII. 

 MUSCICAPA. 



Beak slightly triangular ; the upper mandible notch- 

 ed ; the base armed with bristles ; nostrils rounded. 



1. ATRICAPILLA. PIED FLY CATCHER, OR 



GOLDFINCH. 



M. nigra, subtus frontisque macula alarumque albis, 

 rectricibus lateralibus extus albis. Shaw. 



The bill is black ; the irides hazel ; the forehead 



