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vather longer than the grey linnet, being in length 

 above five and a half inches, — ^bill thick at the base, 

 — ^the upper mandible pale hair-brown, deeper at 

 the point, — the under one paler, inclining to white, 

 — eyes umber-brown, or hazel, — over each eye a 

 streak of yellowish-grey, passing into white, the 

 same under each eye, — on the forehead there is a 

 spot of rich deep arterial blood-red, — breast the 

 «ame, but streaked downwards; differing in this re- 

 spect from the red-breasted linnet, wliich is beauti- 

 fidly waved horizontally, — the hind-head and neck 

 ash-gl'ey, streaked mth umber-brown, ^ — cheeks 

 dingy ash-grey, — chin dingy yellowish- white, — 

 ipper part of the breast, above the red, dull yel- 

 lowish-white, spotted with umber-brown, — sides of 

 a very pale chestnut-brown, passing into dingy yel- 

 lo^vish- white towards the middle of the lower parts, 

 — the back andmngs chestnut-brown, deeper in the 

 middle of most of the feathers, — spurious wing 

 black, — quills edged with dingy-white, passing into 

 PTOod-brown — tail brownish-black, and somewhat 

 brked — outer edges of the outer feathers of the tail 

 he same as the quills, — ^legs and feet dingy yel- 

 owish-brown. The female is without the red on 

 he forehead and breast, but in other respects she 

 learly resembles the male. 



