MOUNTAIN LINNET. 
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lNS ESS ORES. 
CON IE OS TEES. 
FRINGILLIDJE. 
MOUNTAIN LINNET. 
TWITE. 
Fringilla montium. 
PLATE LI. FIG. III. 
The Mountain Linnet, like the lesser redpole, is 
chiefly confined to the northern portion of this country 
during the breeding-season. It may then be met with 
in the wilder districts of the northern counties of Eng- 
O 
land, and in various parts of Scotland. Mr. Salmon 
found two of their nests in the Orkney Islands : one of 
these was placed amongst some furze, the other upon the 
ground amongst the young corn; a singular situation for 
the nest of a linnet. We found some of their nests upon 
the bare mountain sides of Shetland, built amongst the 
long heather. They were composed of heath and dry 
grass, lined with wool, fine roots, hair, and feathers, and 
contained four or five, and frequently six, eggs. 
