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in markings. It may be distinguished by its more 
varied, mottled appearance, especially about the 
neck and back, its richer, chestnut breast, and by a 
pale patch above the tail which is very conspicuous 
in flight. It has also a rather harsh, two-syllabled 
call-note, which is unlike the Chaffinch's. In their 
summer plumage the old cocks become very strik- 
ingly marked birds, and even in winter there is 
more than a suspicion of richness about their warm 
mottled browns. The nest and eggs are very 
much like the Chaffinch's. 
LINNET. 
(Linola cannabina,) 
Brown Linnet, Grey Linnet, Red Linnet, Lintie. 
— Furzy fields and commons are the great place 
for the Linnet during spring and summer, though 
after harvest-time it generally gathers into good- 
sized flocks, which haunt the stubble-fields for 
seeds, and may often be seen flitting from one 
feeding-ground to another with skimming, dipping 
flight, or pausing in the hedgerows in the still 
autumn sunshine, and murmuring out a low and 
musical cry. It is recognisable as a slender but 
strongly built little bird, with all the characteristic 
stoutness of head and beak which distinguishes 
