MOUNTAIN LINNET, 569 
INSESSORES. FRINGILLID. 
CONIROSTRES, 
THE MOUNTAIN LINNET, 
OR TWITE. 
Linota montium. 
Fringilla montana, Twite Finch, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 467. 
ss montium, 45 5 MonraGu, Ornith. Dict. 
Mountain Linnet, Bewicx, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 207. 
Fem. Brit. An. p. 84. 
9 ” 
99 59 23 ee) 
Linaria montana, ay 5 Se.sy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 318. 
Fringilla montium,  ,, sf Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 140. 
Linaria montana, x es Gou tp, Birds of Europe, pt. xv. 
Fringilla montium, Gros-bee de montagne, TEMM. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 368. 
Tae Movunraw Liner is distinguished from the Com- 
mon Linnet, and from both the Redpole Linnets, by the 
greater length of its tail, which gives this bird a more elon- 
gated and slender appearance ; and it is further distinguish- 
ed by having a reddish tawny throat, but does not exhibit 
any red colour either on the head or breast at any season of 
