BRITISH BIRDS. 
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tor, muft yet be confidered as ours by adoption.* 
There are two kinds mentioned by Buffon, fimilar 
to the Canary, both of them fmaller ; the former 
is called the Serin, the latter the Venturon, or Ci- 
tril ; they are both found in Italy, Greece, Tur- 
key, and in the fouthern provinces of France ; they 
breed with the Canary, and are almoft as remark- 
able for the fweetnefs of their fong. 
THE LINNET. 
GREY LINNET* 
( Fringilla Linaria y Lin* — La Linotte y Buff.) 
Length about five inches and a half: The bill 
blueifh grey ; eyes hazel ; the upper parts of the 
head, neck, and back, are of a dark reddifh brown, 
the edges of the feathers pale ; the under parts are 
of a dirty reddifii white ; the breall is deeper than 
the reft, and in fpring becomes of a very beautiful 
crimfon ; the fides are fpotted with brown ; the 
quills are dulky, edged with white ; the tail brown, 
likewife with white edges, except the two middle 
* The importation of Canaries forms a fmall article of com* 
merce ; great numbers are every year imported from Tyrol % 
Four Tyrolefe ufually bring over to England about fixteen 
hundred of thefe birds ; and though they carry them on their 
backs one thoufand miles, and pay twenty pounds for fuch 3 
number, they are enabled to fell them at live fhillings a piece.—” 
Phil. Lranf. vol. 62. 
