TWITE FINCH. 

 (Fringilla montium.) 



Pr. supra varia, subtus rufescens, abdomine albido t superciliis 



Jasciaque alarum nifescentibus, vertice uropygioque rubris. 

 Finch above varied ; beneath rufescent, with the abdomen 



white; supercilia and band on the wings rufescent; top of 



the head and rump red. 

 Fringilla Linaria. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1, 459. 83. jS. 

 Linaria minima. Briss. 3. 142. 32. 



Le Cabaret. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 76. — Buff. PI. Enl. 485. 



£ 2. 



Twite. Albin. 3. 74. — Lath. Gen, Syn. 3. 307. 



Mountain Linnet. Penn. Brit. Zool. \ 33. 53. — Penn. Arct. Z00L 



2. 380. K.—Levoin. Brit. Birds. 2. 86. 

 jS. nigro rufescenteque varia, subtus albida, pennis in collo infe- 



riore medio nigris, fascia alarum alba, uropygio rubro. 

 Varied with black and reddish ; beneath whitish ; the feathers of 



the lower part of the neck black in the middle ; wings with a 



white fascia ; rump red. 

 Fringilla montium. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 917. — Lath. Ind. Orn* 



1.459. 84. 

 Linaria mo ntana. Briss. 3. 145. 33. 

 La Linotte de Montagne. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 74. 

 Mountain Linnet. Will. Angl. 26 1. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 30?. 



76. A. 



The Twite is rather larger than the Greater 

 Redpole, being about six inches in length : the 

 beak is yellowish, with a brown tip : irides hazel : 

 top of the head and rump red : between the beak 

 and eye, and on the chin, a brown spot : streak 

 above the eyes rufous : upper parts of the body- 

 dusky black, with rufous edges ; under parts ru- 



