Clafs II.] 
SPECIES VIII. 
mi . orn. 260. 
Rail Jyn. av. 91* 
Fringilla linaria. Lin. fyft. 182. 
birds. 
The leffer red-headed Linnet. 
hi 
Linaria rubra minor. Briffon av, 
HI* 138* 
T H I S is the left of the linnets. Its 
forehead is ornamented with a rich 
fhining fpot, of a purplilh red * the 
breaffc is of the fame color, but not fo bright: 
the belly is white : the quil feathers and thole 
of the tail are dulky, bordered with dirty white. 
T he fpot on the forehead of the female is of a 
fL ron color. Thele birds fly in flocks, and 
are alfo found on our fea coafts. 
SPECIES IX. 
TVil. orn. 261. 
Raii fyn. av. 91 * 
Linaria montana, Linaria minima. 
H 1 s is an inhabitant of the hilly 
parts of our country, as Mr. WiU 
loughby informs us; for it has not 
been our fortune to meet with it. He fays it 
is twice the fize of the laft fpecies: that the 
color of the head and back is the fame with 
that of the common linnet : that the feathers 
on the throat and breaft are black edged with 
The Mountain Linnet. 
Briffon av. III. 142, 145. 
Linaria fera faxatilis. Klein, hill. av. 
93 * 
w hite: the rump is of a rich fcarlet or orange 
tawny-color. The edges of the middle quil 
feathers are white, as are the tips of thofe of the 
fecond row : the two middle feathers of the 
tail are of a uniform dufky-color ; the others 
edged with white. We believe this bird to be 
the fame with that which is called the Twite. 
GENUS XXIII. BUNTINGS. 
SPECIES I. The Bunting. Plate W. Fig. 7. 
Wil. orn. 267. 
Raii fyn, av. 93. 
Cyncbramus. Briffon av. III. 292. 
Emberiza alba. Gefner av. 6 54 - 
H E bill of this bird, and the other 
fpecies of this genus, is Angularly 
conftru£ted; the Ades of the upper 
mandible or a fharp angle, bending inwards 
towards the lower; and in the roof of the 
former is a hard knob, adapted to bruife corn 
or other hard feeds. The throat, breaft and 
belly are of a yellowilh white : the head and 
Emberiza Calandra. Lin. fyft. 176. 
Korn Larkor. Lin. it. /can. 292. 
Tah. 4. 
upper part of the body of a pale brown ; each 
marked with oblong black fpots ; towards the 
rump the fpots grow fainter. The quil feathers 
are dulky, their exterior edges of a pale yellow. 
The tail is a little forked, of a dulky hue, tinged 
with red : the legs are of a pale yellow. This 
we believe to be a bird of paflage; at left in 
A 7 ’ orth-wales, it appears only in the fummer. 
SPECIES 
