Fl ON ce: 
where, I am told, it fhifts its quarters according to the feafon, 
and unites into flocks, in the fame manner as in Europe. I have 
a fpecimen received from -Hud/on’s Bay, which differs in being 
of a paler brown. 
Fringilla linaria, Liz. Sy/?. i. p. 322. 29.—Faun. Suec. 241.—Faun. Groen. 
p- 121. 83.—Brun. N° 264.—Muller, N° 262.—Kram. el. p. 369- 9+ 
—Frifch. pl. 10.—Georgi Reife, p. 174» 
La petite Linotte de Vignes, Bri/. orn. iii. p. 138. 31.—Pl. enl. 151. f. 2. 
Le Sizerin, Buf. oi. iv. p. 216. 
Leffer Red-headed Linnet, Raii Syz. p. gt. A. 3.—Will. orn. p. 260. pl. 
46.—Alb. iii. pl. 75.—Br. Zool. i. N° 132. pl. 54.—Ard. Zool. 
Br. Muf. Lev. Mu/. 
HIS is about half the fize of the laft, and is in length five 
inches. The bill is dufky: irides hazel: on the forehead is 
a rich fpot of purplifh red: the breaft of the fame colour, but 
lefs bright: the back dufky, edged with reddifh brown: the 
fides yellowifh, or afh-colour, marked with narrow dufky lines : 
quills and tail dufky, edged with dirty white: on thé wing co- 
verts two whitifh bars: the legs dufky.. 
The female is lefs lively in colour; has no red on the breaft ; 
and the fpot on the forehead is of a /affron-colour. 
This fpecies is. alfo common enough in England, but I am 
not clear of its building very often in the fouthern parts*. A 
neft of this fpecies has been found on an alder ftump, near a 
395 
+ LESSER RED= 
POLE. 
DESCRIPTIONS 
FEMALE. 
Puace AND 
MANNERSo 
brook, about two or three feet from the ground; the outfide - 
compofed of dried ftalks, and other plants, intermixed with 
* It makes the neft in the mountains of Wales. Barringt. Mifc. p. 217. 
Vou. II. Rr ~ wool, 
