or BIRDS. 
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LINNET. 
The Linnet is one of the most pleasing of 
™ rural choir. Its song is peculiarly soft 
•nil delicate; and so correct is its faculty of 
waring, that it will, without difficulty, 
jjjautne the notes of almost any other small 
™d- It feeds on seeds, which it generally 
Peels before it eats. These birds breed in 
hedges, forming a small nest, which they 
hue in the inside with wool, hair, and the 
nnest down. The female lays four or five 
*8p, of a white colour, marked with fine 
[ed specks. The musical talents of these 
htrds are, like many others, repaid with un- 
patefulness ; for they are often kept in cage* 
an account of their singing. 
