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BIRDS. 
Clais II. 
Mr. Willoughby tells us, that this is a fong 
bird : that in Sujfex it is called the barly-bird , 
becaufe it comes to them in barly feed time. We 
are informed that it vifits thefe iflands at very 
uncertain times, like the grofbeak, See. It is 
frequently to be met with in the bird (hops in 
London ; and is known there by the name of 
the Aberdavine . Dr. Kramer * informs us, that 
this bird conceals its neft with art j tho’ there 
are infinite numbers of young birds in the woods, 
on the banks of the Danube , that feem juft to 
have taken flight, yet no one could difeover it. 
* Kramer Elench. 366. 
SPECIES VI. The Linnet. 
JVil. orn. 258. 
Rail Jyn. av, 90. 
Rriffon av . III. 131. 
Linaria. Gefner av. 590 ? 
d E feathers on the head of this fpe- 
cies, are black edged with afi-color; 
thofe of the back, black bordered with 
reddifh brown : the bottom of the throat is of 
a fine red : the bread: white: the vent feathers 
yellowifti: the quil feathers are black; their 
exterior edges whitifh, the interior ferruginous : 
the tail is a little forked, of a brown color, 
edged with white ; the two middle feathers ex- 
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cepted, which are bordered with dull red. 
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Thefe birds are much efteemed for their long : 
they feed on feeds of different kinds, which 
they pil before they eat : the feed of the 
Linum or flax is their favorite food ; from 
whence the name of the Linnet tribe. 
SPECIES VII. The 
JVil. orn. 260. 
Rail fyn. av. 91. 
Briffon av. III. 135. 
greater red-headed Linnet. 
Linaria rubra. Gefner av. 591. 
Fringilla cannabina. Lin. fyfi. 182. 
HIS bird is lefs than the former: 
on the crown of the head is a blood- 
colored fpot : the breaft is tinged with 
the fame : the head and neck are of a brownifh 
alh-color : the back, fcapular feathers, and co¬ 
verts of the wings are of a reddifh brown : 
the firft quil feather is entirely black ; the 
exterior edges of the eight following are white, 
which forms a bar of that color on the wing, 
even when clofed. The tail, like that of the 
former, is forked, of a deep brown color edged 
with a dirty white. The female wants the red 
mark on the head and breaft ; the back is lefs 
red, and the breaft is of a dirty yellow, ftreaked 
with dufky lines. Thefe birds are frequently on 
our fea coafts. 
SPECIE S 
