TOO The Common Linnet. 

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the stems of the weeds above described, and picking 
out the seeds, as they prefer this way to picking them 
off the ground. The Linnet can be seen in all: parts 
of Europe, and is said to have a strong desire to feed 
on linseed, from whence it derives its name. 
I well remember taking a nest of young Linnets, 
and using them to be fed out of a cup, and at such 
times they always sat on its edge. When I had kept 
them sufficiently long, so that they could help them- 
selves, I allowed them their liberty, and they flew on 
the low boughs of the trees around my house. When 
their meal-time arrived, I took the cup into the gar- 
den, and whistled the two notes they were accustomed” 
to hear while being fed: one after another came flying 
round my head, and at length alighted either on my 
extended arm or on the cup which I held in my hand. 

