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TWITE FINCH. 

 (Fringilla montium.) 



Fr. supra varia, subtus riifescens, abdomine albido, supercilik 



Jasciaque alarum riifescentibus, vertice uropygioque rubris. 

 Finch above varied ; beneath ruf'escent, with the abdomen 



white ; supercilia and band on the wings ruf'escent ; top of 



the head and rump red. 

 Fringilla Linaria. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1, ^59. S3. &. 

 Linaria minima. Briss. 3. 142. 32. 

 Le Cabaret. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. J G.— Buff. PI. Enl. 485, 



f.2. 



Twite. Albin. 3. 74. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 307. b. 



Mountain Linnet. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1 33. 53. — Venn. Arct. Z00L 



1. 380. e. —Lewin. Brit. Birds. 2. 86. 

 ]8. nigra mifescenteque varia, subtus albida, pennis in collo infe* 



riore medio nigris, fascia alarum alba, uropygio rubra. 

 Varied with black and reddish ; beneath whitish ; the feathers of 



the lower part of the neck black in the middle ; wings with a 



white fascia ; rump red. 

 Fringilla montium. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 917. — Lath. Ind. Orn- 



1. 459. 84. 

 Linaria montana. Briss. 3. 145.33. 

 La Linotte de Montagne. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 74. 

 Mountain Linnet. Will. Angl. 26l. — Lath. Gen, Syn. 3. 307, 



76. A. 



The Twite is rather larger than the Greater 

 Redpole, being about six inches in length : the 

 beak is yellowish, with a brown tip : i rides hazel : 

 top of the head and rump red : between the beak 

 and eye, and on the chin, a brown spot : streak 

 above the eyes rufous : upper parts of the body 

 dusky black, with rufous edges ; under parts ru- 



