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heath, and some moss, with a lining of fibrous roots, wool, 

 and hair. The eggs are bluish-white, spotted with brown and 

 purplish-red. 



Twite. Heather Lintie. 



Fringilla flavirostris, Linn. Fauna Suec. 87. Fringilla 

 montium, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 368. Linaria flavirostris, 

 Mountain Linnet, or Twite, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, i. 379. 



126. LINOTA BOREALIS. MEALY REDPOLL LINNET. 



Length five inches and a third. Male in winter with the 

 bill dull yellow, greyish-brown toward the end ; feet dusky ; 

 upper parts light yellowish-brown, streaked with dusky brown, 

 rump greyish- white, streaked with dusky ; feathers of the head 

 dusky, tipped with yellowish-grey, some of them dark red in 

 the concealed parts ; loral space and throat dull black ; lower 

 parts greyish-white, the sides streaked with dusky. Female 

 similar, but with less white. Male in summer with the bill 

 yellow, brown toward the end ; forehead crimson ; fore part 

 of neck, breast, and rump rose-red ; lower parts pure white. 



Male, 5 T \, . . , 2{f , T 5 f , f , / ? , T V 



This species, which breeds in the northern parts of both 

 Continents, has been procured in a few instances in England, 

 and once in Scotland. 



Fringilla borealis, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. iii. 264. Lina- 

 ria borealis, Mealy Redpoll, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, i. 388. 



127. LINOTA LINARIA. LITTLE REDPOLL LINNET. 



Length nearly five inches. Male in winter with the upper 

 mandible dusky, the lower yellow ; feet blackish -brown ; 

 throat blackish ; back and sides yellowish-brown, streaked 

 with dusky brown ; loral space and edge of forehead brown- 

 ish-black ; feathers on the upper part of the head, and rump, 

 dull red. Female similar, but without red on the rump, and 

 having the dark streaks larger. Male in summer with the 

 edge of the forehead, the loral space, and the throat black ; 

 upper part of head crimson ; sides of neck, breast, and rump, 

 carmine. Female with the fore part of the head crimson, the 

 throat black, the other parts nearly as in winter. 



Male, 4if, 8|, 2 T V, 3^, f , / ? , T V Female, 4 fr. 



This species resembles the Siskin in its habits, forming 

 large flocks in winter, and betaking itself to the birch and 

 alder woods, in procuring the seeds of which it hangs in all 

 kinds of attitudes. It also feeds on the seeds of other plants, 

 especially the Composite. It is generally dispersed in Bri- 



