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 The Red Linnet Cock and Hen, 



Numb. LXXII. LXXIII. 



IT is fomething lefs than the Chajjinchj the Head is par- 

 ti-coloured of cinereous and black, the Back of a dark 

 brown and reddifh mixture, the Breaft is white; the low- 

 er Belly about the Vent yellowilh, the Region of the Crane 

 or Bottom of the Gullet is of a lovely red, the Edges of 

 the Feathers yellowilh; each Wing hath eighteen Quill-Fea- 

 thers, all black but the Edges, which in the exterior are 

 whitilh, in the interior are red; the foremoft Feathers of 

 the fecond Row are black, the Edges of the interior, or 

 thofe next the Rife of the Wing red, the lelTer covert Fea- 

 thers about the Rid^e or Bafe of the Wins are red: the 

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Tail is fomewhat forked, its two outermoft Feathers being 



two Inches and a quarter long, the middlemoft only two : 

 of the middle two, the Borders or Edges are red, the 

 reft white j the Tail confifts of the ufuai number of twelve 

 Feathers 5 it delights to feed on Linfeed, whence Gefner^ 

 in Imitation of the French (who call it Li note) impcfed on 

 it the Name of Linaria 5 it feems not to be defcribed by the 

 Ancients : It is kept in Cages for the Sweetnefs of linging, 

 wherein it excels all other fmall Birds : It feeds upon Cana- 

 ry Seed, Panic, Millet, Rape Seed, and Hemp Seed: It is 

 obferved to build in Black-Thorn, White-Thorn or Furze- 

 Bufhes, and lays three or four Eggs. The Hen is paler 

 than the Cock, and has no red on the Breafh. 



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