LINNET. 



INSESSORES. LINARIA. 



315 



COMMON OR BROWN LINNET. 



L is -ARIA CANANBINA, Sir. 

 PLATE LV. FIG. 3. 4. 



Fringilla cannabina, Linn. Syst. 1. p/322. sp. 28. 

 Gros-Hec Linotte, Temm Man cPOrnith. v. 1. p. 3G4. 

 Greater Kedpole, or Brown Linnet, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 The Linnet. Low's Faun. Oread, p. K3. 

 Greater Redpole Finch, Shaw's Zool. v. 9. p. 516. 



Fringilla Linota, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 916 Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 457. 



sp. l. 

 Linaria, Rail Syn. p. 80. A. 1 Will. p. 190 Id. (Vog.) 258 Briss.3. 



p. 131. 29. 



La Linotte ordinaire, Buff. Ois. v. 4. p. 58. t. 1 Id. PL Enl. 151. f. 1. 

 Common Linnet, Br. Zool. No. 130 Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t. 83 Lath. 



Syn. 3. p. 402. 73_P//ft. Cat. Dorset, p. 12 Wale. Syn. t 221. 



Grey Linnet, Bewick's Br. Birds. 1. p. 171. 



Fringilla cannabina, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 916. sp. 28 Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 1. 



p. 458. sp. 82. 

 Linaria rubra major, Briss. 3. p. 135. 30 Raii Syn. p. 91. A. 2 Will. 



p. 191. t 46. 

 Le Grand Linotte des Vignes, Buff. Ois. v. 4. p. 58 Id. PL Enl. 485. 



f. 2. old male under the title of Petite Linotte des Vignes. 

 Bluthanfling, Bechst. Naturg. Deut v. 3. p. 141 Id. Tasschenb. Dent. 



p. 121 Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 163.-7rf. Vog. Deut. v. 1. 



t. f. 1. and 2 Frisch. Vog. t. 9. f. 1. and 2. 



Greater Redpole or Red-headed Linnet, Br. Zool. 1. No. 131. t. 54 



Arct. Zool. 2. No. IGl. Will. (Ang.) 260. Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t 84. 



Lath. Syn. 3. p. 304. Id. Sup. p. 167 Wale. Syn 2. t. 222 Pult. 



Cat. Dorset, p. 12 Bewick's Br. Birds, v. 1. t. p. 173 Id. Sup. p. 



t. 22. 



PROVINCIAL Greater Redpole, Rose Linnet, Grey Linnet. 



THIS bird has been considered by most of our authors as 

 two distinct species, under the titles of the Common or Brown 

 Linnet and the Greater Redpole. This error has evidently 

 arisen from the altered appearance it bears at particular ages, 

 and during the different seasons of the year. These changes 

 in all probability had not been suspected, as they certainly 

 had not been traced by the earlier naturalists, and on the au- 

 thority of their reputation, succeeding writers sanctioned such 

 mistakes, without giving themselves the trouble of farther 



Syn. of young 

 Male after 

 first autum- 

 nal moult. 



Syn. of adult 

 Male in sum- 

 mer plumage. 



