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heath, and some moss, with a lining of fibrous roots, wool, 
and hair. The eggs are bluish-white, spotted with brown and 
purplish-red. 
Twite. Heather Lintie. 
Fringilla flavirostris, Linn. Fauna Suec. 87. — ^Fringilla 
montium, Temm. Man. d^Ornith. i. 368. — Linaria flavirostris. 
Mountain Linnet, or Twite, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, i. 379. 
126. Linota borealis. Mealy Bedroll Linnet. 
Length five inches and a third. Male in winter with the 
bill dull yellow, greyish-brown toward the end ; feet dusky ; 
upper parts light yellowish-brown, streaked with dusky brown, 
rump greyish- white, streaked with dusky ; feathers of the head 
dusky, tipped with yellowish-grey, some of them dark red in 
the concealed parts ; loral space and throat dull black ; lower 
parts greyish-white, the sides streaked with dusky. Female 
similar, but with less white. Male in summer with the bill 
yellow, brown toward the end ; forehead crimson ; fore part 
of neck, breast, and rump rose-red ; lower parts pure white. 
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male, Oy^, . ., ^y^^, y^, ^y, y^. 
This species, which breeds in the northern parts of both 
Continents, has been procured in a few instances in England, 
and once in Scotland. 
Fringilla borealis, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. iii. 264. — Lina- 
ria borealis. Mealy Bedpoll, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, i. 388. 
127. Linota Linaria. Little Bedroll Linnet. 
Length nearly five inches. Male in winter with the upper 
mandible dusky, the lower yellow ; feet blackish-brown ; 
throat blackish ; back and sides yellowish-brown, streaked 
with dusky brown ; loral space and edge of forehead brown- 
ish-black ; feathers on the upper part of the head, and rump, 
dull red. Female similar, but without red on the rump, and 
having the dark streaks larger. Male in summer with the 
edge of the forehead, the loral space, and the throat black ; 
upper part of head crimson ; sides of neck, breast, and rump, 
carmine. Female with the fore part of the head crimson, the 
throat black, the other parts nearly as in winter. 
Male, 4yf, 8|, 2y®^, 3^'y, ^®y, y^^. Female, 4j-%. 
This species resembles the Siskin in its habits, forming 
large flocks in winter, and betaking itself to the birch and 
alder woods, in procuring the seeds of which it hangs in all 
kinds of attitudes. It also feeds on the seeds of other plants, 
especially the Compositse. It is generally dispersed in Bri- 
