LINNET; PURPLE FINCH; PURPLE 
GROSBEAK. 
CARPODACUS PURPUREUS. 
se Des linnet (this is the popular name) is a very 
spirited and charming singer, especially during the 
mating season. A careful observer tells me he has seen 
him fly from the side of his mate directly upward fifteen 
or twenty feet, singing every instant in the most excited 
manner till he dropped to the point of starting. The 
yellow-breasted chat has a like performance, and so has 
the woodcock. 
The linnet’s style of singing is a warble, but his song 
is not short like the songs of the warblers; it is often 
a protracted extemporizing, difficult to represent. 
Some of the notes of the linnet: — 
Rapid and spirited. , 
