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is not quite correct, for just as many are found breeding without 

 the red breast as with it. 



40. Mountain Linnet. C. elavieostkis, {LimicBus.) 

 Fringilla montium, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, 1., 257. 

 Linota ,, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, I., 569. 



This, like the preceding species, is a resident, and is not un- 

 common, breeding on the heather in the wild uncultivated parts 

 of both counties. I found a nest with young, in July, 1866, at 

 Cragside, Coquetdale ; and IVIr. Thomas Thompson took a nest, 

 with eggs, at Haltwhistle, in 1869. 



48. LINARIA, Vieillot. 



41. Meaxt Eedpole. L. boeealis, Vieillot. 



Linota cane&cens, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, I., 556. 

 Linaria horealis, Degland et Gerbe, Orn. Europ., I., 293. 



A common winter visitant ; never found breeding in the dis- 

 trict ; occasionally appearing in large flocks. 



42. Aectic Eedpole. L. canescens, Gould. 



Linaria canescens, Gould, Birds of Eur. (1833-1837), PI. 193. 

 ,, ,, Degland et Gerbe, Orn. Eiu'op., I., 296. 



A casual visitant. I have seen only a single example of this 

 species; it was knocked down on the 24th of April, 1855, with 

 a clod of earth, on the sea bunks, near Whitburn, where it had 

 been observed flying about for a few days. This specimen was 

 given to me by the Rev. G. C. Abbs, and is now in my collection. 

 It is represented in Plate Y. 



It is very beautiful, and of a pale grey or mealy appear- 

 ance all over. The pale margins of the feathers are a clear 

 white ; the rump and under parts quite white, with a few ob- 

 scure streaks of pale brown on the flanks. The front of the 

 head is of a dull crimson, but there is no red elsewhere. It is 

 xmdoubtcdly a mature specimen, and in the winter di-ess. The 



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