Bi I] ON orc fT 
‘La Linotte de Montagne, Bri/. orm. iii. pe 145: 33-—Buf. of. iv. p. 74.— 
Frifch. pl. 10. 
‘Mountain Linnet, Rati Syz. p. gt. A. 4.—Will. ora. p. 261.—Br. Zool. 
N° 133. pl. 53. 
Lev. Myf. 
Si Z¥E of the common Linnet: length fix inches and a 
half*. Bill pale: irides hazel: the feathers on the upper 
‘part of the body dufky ; thofe on the head edged with afh-colour, 
the others with brownifh red: the rump pale crimfon: the under 
parts of the body pale; thofe of the throat and breaft blackith, 
with pale edges: wings and tail dufky: the tips of the greater 
coverts and fecondaries whitifh: legs pale brown. 
The female wants the red mark on the rump. In Mr. Pea- 
nant’s bird there was a pale brown {pot above and beneath each 
-eye; and the greater wing coverts edged with white. 
La petite Linotte, ou le Cabaret, Brif. orn. ili. p. 148. 32.—Buf. orf, iv. 
p- 76.—Pl. enl. 485. f. 2. 
‘Twite, d/tin. iii. pl. 74.—Ara. Zool. 
Lev. Muf. 
7] HE length of this bird is only four inches and a half. 
Bill yellowifh, with a brown tip: the top of the head, and 
rump, are both red: over the eyes a rufous band: the upper 
parts black, edged with rufous: the under rufous, fpotted with 
-blackifh on the throat: the belly white: the legs brown or black : 
the claws long, efpecially the hinder one: between the bill and 
eye a black brown fpot, and on the chin another. 
% Willughby. 
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76. 
MOUNTAIN 
LINNET. 
DESCRIPTION, 
FEMALE? 
76. 
Var. A 
a TWITE. 
DescriIpTioNne 
