550 FRINGILLIDjE. 



INSESSORES. FRINGILLID&. 



CONIROSTRES. 



THE COMMON LINNET. 



Linota cannaMna. 



Fringilla linota, Linnet Finch, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 462. 



cannabina, Red-lteaded Finch, 464. 



linota, Brown Linnet, MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



cannabina, Greater Redpole, ,, 



linota, The Linnet, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 205. 



cannabina, Greater Redpole, 201. 



Brown- Linnet, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 84. 



Common JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 139. 



Linaria SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 315. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 



Fringilla Gros-bec linotte, TEMM. Man d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 364. 



LINOTA. Generic Characters. Beak straight, conical, pointed. Nostrils 

 basal, lateral, concealed by short feathers. Wings long, somewhat pointed ; 

 the first, second, and third feathers nearly equal in length. Tarsi short ; feet 

 with lateral toes of equal length ; the hind toe and claw as long as that in the 

 middle ; claws slender, acute, and curved. Tail forked. 



