Class II. 



TWITE FINCH. 



467 



feet from the ground : it was made on the out- 

 side with dried stalks of grass and other plants, 

 and here and there a little wool, the lining con- 

 sisted of hair and a few feathers : the bird was 

 sitting on four eggs of a pale bluish green, thickly 

 sprinkled near the blunt end with small reddish 

 spots, and was so tenacious of her nest, as to 

 suffer us to take her off with our hand, and we 

 found that after we had released her she would 

 not forsake it. 



This seems to be the species known about 

 London under the name of stone redpoll: it is 

 gregarious. 



Fringilla Linaria. /8. Fr. supra 

 varia, subtus rufescens, ab- 

 domine albido^ superciliis 

 fasciaque alarum rufescenti- 

 bus, vertice uropygioque ru- 

 bris. Lath. hid. orn. 45Q. 

 id. Syn. iii. 307. 



Le Picaveret ? Belon av. 358. 



Wil. orn. 26 1. 



Rail Syn. av. 91. 



Fanello dell'Aquila. Olina. 8. 10. Twite 



Linaria montana. Linaria mi- 

 nima. La petite Linotte, ou 

 le Cabaret. Brisson av. iii. 

 142. Hist, d'ois. iv. 76. PL 

 Enl. 485. f. 2. 



Linaria fera saxatilis. Klein, 

 hist. av. 93. 



Br. Zool. 111. Arct. Zool. ii, 

 70. 



X HIS is an inhabitant of the hilly parts of our 

 country, as Mr. Willughby informs us. He 

 says it is twice the size of the last species ; that 

 the color of the head and back is the same with 



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