100 FINCH. 



Bunting- ; not seen in Russia, M, Temminck considers this to be no 

 other than the Lesser red-headed Linnet, before its second moult ; 

 and the late Colonel Montagu described a similar bird to me, in 

 which some obscure spots, or rather sparks, of crimson were begin- 

 ning to appear on the breast : I should therefore think that both 

 these Gentlemen were right in their opinion in respect to the identity 

 of the bird. 



63.— TWITE LINNET. 



Fringilla Montium, Ind. Om. i. 459. Gm. Lin. i. 917. Shaw's Zool. ix. 521. 

 Linaria montana, Bris. iii. 145. Id.Svo. i. 346. Klein, 93. Id. Stem. 18. t. 18. f. 9. 



a. b. Raii, 91. A. 4. Will. 191. Frisch, t. 10. Buf. iv. 74. Gerin. iii. t. 356. 



Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 369. 

 Mountain Linnet, Twite, Gen. Syn. iii. 307. Br. Zool. No. 133. t. 53. Id.fol. 111. 



Will. Engl. 261. Arct. Zool. ii. 380. C. Collins, Birds, pi. 2. f. 5, 6. Bolt. Birds, 



pi. 33, 34. Albin, iii. pi. 74. Id. Song Bird?, pi. p. 37. Lewin, Birds, ii. pi. 



S6. Pult. Cat. Dors. p. 13. Om. Diet. 



LENGTH six inches, or rather more. Bill pale ; irides hazel ; 

 the feathers on the upper parts rather dusky, on the head edged with 

 ash-colour, the others with brownish red ; rump crimson ; under 

 parts rufous white, with dusky spots on the throat and breast ; belly 

 white ; wings and tail dusky ; legs pale brown. The female wants 

 the red mark on the rump. 



This, like the Common Linnet, varies in plumage; some have 

 only the rump red, in others both the crown and rump are of that 

 colour; and we have seen some birds, in which the forehead, rump, 

 and breast were all of them red. 



Twites are well distinguished by the bird-catchers in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, where they are seen in autumn in large flights, 

 with other Linnets. They breed in the more northern parts of England, 

 no doubt in Yorkshire, as the late Mr. Bolton, who resided near 

 Halifax, sent me a nest of one, which was composed of dry bents and 

 moss, lined with finer heath and fibrous roots, without wool. The 



