FINCH. 97 



of the belly, and sides rufous, spotted with brown ; belly and vent 

 whitish ; legs reddish. 



Inhabits the environs of Strasburg, where it is called Gyntel ; 

 said to lay as many as four eggs : how far this may be related to the 

 Common Linnet I am not able to determine, probably differing in 

 age or sex. M. Temminck supposes it to be a mere Variety. 



61 —LESSER RED-HEADED LINNET. 



Fringilla Linaria, Ind. Orn. i. 458. Lin. i. 322. Faun. Suec. No. 241. Gm. Lin. i. 



917. Brun. p. 265. Midler, No. 262. Kramer, p. 369. Frisch, t. 10. Georgi, 



p. 174. Faun. Groenl. 121. Faun. Arag. 87. Borowsk. iii. 143. Roman. Orn. 



137. t. 21. Faun. Helvet. Amer. Orn. iv. pi. 30. f. 4. Id. ix. 126. Shaw's Zoo/. 



ix. 519. pi. 70. 

 Linaria rubra minor, Bris. iii. 138. Id. 8vo. i. 344. Rati, 91. A. 3. Will. 191. t. 46. 



Klein, 93. Id. Stem. 18. t. 18. f. 10. a. b. Id. ov. 29. t. 9. f. 14. Gerin. iii. t. 



356. 2. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 227. 

 Schwarzbartchen, Naturf. xvii. 96. 



Le Sizerin, petite Linotte des Vignes, Buf. iv. 216. PI. enl. 151. f. 2. 

 Lesser Red-headed Linnet, Gen. Syn. iii. 305. Id. Sup. 167. Br. Zool. i. 216. Id. 



1812. i. p. 466. pi. 61. Id.fol. 111. Barringt. Misc. p. 217. Ellis, Voy. ii. p. 



15. Phil. Trans, lxii. p. 405. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 262. Will. Engl. 260. pi. 46. 



A/bin, iii. pi. 75. Bolton, Birds, i. pi. 31, 32. Bewick, i. pi. p. 174. Lewin, 



Birds, ii. pi. 85. Graves, Br. Orn. Orn. Diet. 



HALF the bulk of the last; length five inches. Bill dusky; 

 irides hazel ; on the forehead is a rich spot of purplish red ; the breast 

 of the same colour, but less bright ; back dusky, the feathers edged 

 with reddish brown; sides yellowish, or ash-colour, marked with 

 narrow dusky lines; quills and tail feathers dusky, fringed with 

 dusky white ; on the wing coverts two whitish bars ; legs dusky. 



The female is less lively in colour ; has no red on the breast, and 

 the spot on the forehead is of a saffron-colour. 



Young birds have not the red feathers, and the males subject to 

 great variety, as in the greater species, and sometimes without any 

 red on the breast ; but as the bird rarely, if ever, breeds in the 



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