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LINNET FINCH. 



Class II. 



7. Linnet. Frlngiila Linota, Fr. fusco- 

 castanea, subtus albida, fa- 

 scia alarum longitudinali al- 

 ba, rectricibus nigris, mar- 

 ginibus undique albis. Lath, 

 hid. orn. 457- id, Syn. iii. 

 302. 

 Fringilla Linota. Gm. Lin. 



916. 

 Belon av. 356 



Linaria, Henfling, Schofzling, 

 Flacklin. Gesner av. SQO. 



Haenfling. Frisch, i. Q. 



Aldr. av. ii. 359. 



TFil. orn. 258. ■ , 



Rail Syn. av. gO. 



Fanello. Zinan. 6l. 



La Linotte. Brisson av. iii. 

 131. Hist, dois.iv.5i. PL 

 Enl. 151. f. 1. 



Br.Zool.na, • 



Descrip- X HE bill of this species is dusky, but in the 

 spring assumes a bluish cast ; the feathers on 

 the head are black edged with ash-color; the 

 sides of the neck deep ash-color; the throat 

 marked in the middle with a brown line, 

 bounded on each side with a white one; the 

 back black bordered with reddish brown ; the 

 bottom of the breast is of a fine blood red, 

 which heightens in color as the spring advances ; 

 the belly white; the vent feathers yellowish; 

 the sides under the wings spotted with brown ; 

 the quil feathers are dusky ; the lower part of 

 the nine first are white ; the coverts incumbent 

 on them black ; the others of a reddish brown ; 

 the lowest order tipt with a paler color; the 

 tail is a little forked, of a brown color, edged 



