BRITISH SONG-BIRDS. 189 



The Lintie, on the heathery brae, 

 (Wbare lies the nest amang the ferns,) 

 Begins its lilt at break, o' day. 

 And at the gloaming hails the sterns. 



I wadna gie the lintie's sang, 

 Sae merry on the broomy lea. 

 For a* the notes that ever rang 

 Frae a' the harps o' minstrelsy ! 



Mair dear to me whare buss or breer 

 Amang the pathless heather grows, 

 The Lintie's wild, sweet note to hear, 

 As on the ev'ning breeze it flows. 



Anonymous, 



THE LINNET. 



GREY LINTIE. — ^BROWN LINNET. 



FRINGILLA LINARIA ; LINN^US. — ^LA LINOTTE ; 

 BUFFON. 



This charming little bird, though plain in its 

 plumage, is in its shape elegant ; and its song is 

 sweetly varied; — ^now rich and sprightly, now ten- 



