XCVl. 

 LINARIA CANNABINA. (Swains.) 



Grey Linnet, Brown Linnet. 



It has long been a matter of doubt, whether or not there are 

 two species of Grey Linnets. The difference I have observed 

 in the size of the nest and eggs, has often led me to think that 

 there are. Those nests which I have found in hedges, and in 

 situations similar to those chosen by the Green Grosbeak, are 

 generally larger, as well as the eggs in them, than those which 

 I have taken in whins. The Grey Linnet builds its nest in 

 hedges and furze ; it is composed of small sticks and stalks of 

 plants, mixed with moss, roots, and wool, and is lined with 

 hair and feathers, with sometimes a mixture of thistle or willow 

 down. The eggs are four or five, not unfrequently six in num- 

 ber. Plate XCVI. Figs. 1 and 2. 



LINARIA MONTANA. (Ray.) 



Mountain Linnet or Twite. 



The Mountain Linnet frequents, during the breeding sea- 

 son, the mountainous heathy districts of England and Scot- 

 land ; I have also met with it in the Shetland islands. Its 

 nest, which is composed of heath and dry grass, lined with 

 wool, fine roots, hair, and feathers, is placed either in some 

 whin bush, or amongst the tall heather, and contains from 

 four to six eggs, differing only from those of the Grey Linnet 

 in being somewhat smaller. Fig. 3. 



