
THE COMMON LINNET. 
(Linota cannabina.) 
SUMMER plumage: the beak is lead-colour; the fore- 
head is brown, each feather being tipped with crim- 
Son ; the back is brown-chestnut - the feathers on the 
breast are also tipped with crimson, and show more of 
that colour on the sides ; under plumage pale yellow- 
ish-brown; outer feathers of the tail edged with white, 
the two middle ones being dusky ; the legs are sreyishi- 
brown. Winter plumage: the crimson fades. Female 
not so highly coloured. Length, five and a half inches. 
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