344 
132. Less 
RED HEADED 
LINNET. 
DescrRIP. 
LESS RED HEADED LINNET. CiassIf. 
the tail, like that of the former, is forked, of 
a dufky color, edged on both fides with white, 
which is broadeft on the inner webs. The head - 
of the female is afh color, {potted with black: the 
back and fcapulars are of adull brownifh red: and 
the breaft and fides of a dirty yellow, ftreaked with 
dufky lines. It is a common fraud in the bird 
fhops in London, when a male bird is diftinguifhed 
from the female by a red breaft, as in the cafe 
of this bird, to ftain or paint the feathers, fo that 
the deceit is not eafily difcovered, without at left 
clofe infpection. 
Thefe birds are frequent on our fea-coafts; and 
are often taken in flight time near London: it is 2 
familiar bird; and is chearful in five minutes after 
it is caught. © 
Wil. orn. 260. Grafikka. Faun. Suec. fp. 24%. 
Raii fyn. av. gi. Grafel, Meerzeifel, ‘T'fchot- 
La petite Linotte des vignes. fcherl. Kram. 369. “( 
Briffon av. (1. 138. Rothplattige Staenfling. Frit 
Piven asi. €. 2. I-10. i 
Fringilla linaria. Liz. fpf. Br. Zool. 111. 
222, 
os is the left of the linnets, being fcarce 
‘half the fize of the preceding. Its bill is 
dufky, but the bafe of the lower mandible yellow : 
the forehead ornamented with a rich fhining fpot of ’- 
a purplifh red: the breaft is of the fame color, 
but 
