FRINGILLA CANNABINA. 
LI^rj^E T. 
Generic Character. See F. Domestica. 
pRiNGiLLA cannahina ; corpore supra fusco-castanea^ 
subtus albo rufeseens^ fascia alarum longi- 
tudinali alba, macula verticis pectoreque 
rubris. 
Linnet. Body above chesnut brown, beneath whitish 
brown with red spots ; wings with a lon- 
gitudinal white band ; and a red spot on 
the crown of the head. 
Fringilla Cannabina. Lin, Syst v,\. p. 322. 
Gmel, Si/st. v. 1. p. 916, Lath, Ind. 
Orn. v.\,p, 458. Gen. Zool. v. 9. p. 516. 
Linaria. RaiiSyn. p. 90. Briss. v. 3, p 131. 
Fringilla Linota. Gmel. Syst. v. 2. p. 916. Ind. 
Om. V, I. p. 457. Br. Zool. Svo. ed. 
V. I p. 462. 
La grand Linotte des vignes. JBuff. Hist. d'Ois. 
v.. 4. p. 58. 
Gros-bec Linotte. Temm. Man. Orn. ed. 2. p. 364. 
Greater red-headed Linnet, or Redpole. Br. 
Zool. V. 1. p, 131. Arct. Zool. v. 2. 
p. 261. Lath. Syn. v. 3. p. 304. Bewick's 
Br. Birds, pt. 1. p. 190. 
Common Linnet. Br. Zool. '^vo. ed. v. 1. p. i62. 
Lath. Syn. v.S. p.^02. Mont. Orn. Diet. 
Bewick's Br. Birds, pt. 1. p. 188. Low, 
Fauna Orcadensis, p. 63. 
Much diversity of opinion has existed respecting the 
identity of this species, from the circumstance of its assum- 
