C O M M M i r O K . B B .O 'W W U K f f E T .
Linaria Cannabma; iJwains. J
' Oka»!* JjIJfA®iA, duet.
B i ll straight, cpoieal, e n tire ji maBiiibk's ewapreattd it. front, and forming a m y
oSnt. Nostrils lineal, lateral, concealed hv incanehettt feathers. Wittgs long, *ca-
firat, second, and third (fuiU-feathet-s of nearly equal length, Tail mom or lc.it
Tarsi slender, dm « . Foot having th e lateral' toss o f equal length f the hind to»
forked.
tvith its claw as long as the middle one. C /am slender, acute, curved, that upon the hind
tiKj larger, and m old bird« c.nucb lougei than the rest.
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COMMON,1 OF BROWN L'l IV N B T.
& ««iscmal c h a f e s <?rf pki»
iiiiftlfc is the larges^* etiïêt
¿Mm dress of brown
'• tu'autumn rts-t.iiicH the
i added numerous svnonytns
Che: mmawmiff w . * pw «p ? which tl«*: 0n«ww>6
« « * « 1 changes, baqg in Witter tio tittf in a sombre t.ml rarlv,
tcbawfea for a rich n ay red on the ow e* o f tW|ead'»k4 l*eesst,
»e uui. this ibseraity of plumage has caused some contusion,
I the Common Linnet, and its nearly allied species theBcdpole.
.The Linnet is strictly indigenous to tire British Islands, over die whole of which, and Strom genenJIv, is
Wpientifolly dispersed, ft associates in dock* and feeds upon small seeds, particularly iliSc nrormtil fro»
S * cruciform.'plants, &c. {ijujk distriett, molt as cohtmoas and forae fields, constitute it* fin,write
itteslities. ■ The thickest parts o f the Am ' finals«! sec generally selected for the sites of incubation, and die
c-ekliug of the nest is commenced early in the sopir.g., i, is eonnti'acted o f moss, small twigs, and the stalks
I?1 spwsvhtemoyen with wool and iW njiih hair awl feathers, the eggs are mostly four in number o f a
PM * "Mte speckled with purplish red cotoor. " tit si inter,” ssys Mr. Selby, “ these birds assemble in very I
ijlll'ge. flocks', and, descend to the sea^oast, where tlscy eonBtiuc to reside till 1 s
spring again urges them to pair.
■t«# seek their upland haunts.”
: i h » U « e t is not more highly prised for the lovely hues of its summer dress than for the sweetness of its
song, on Which account g n a t numbers are annually captured and reared for the purpose of being kept
female, does not posM
.‘Mftrlitig taken cbiisitlerabJii pain
•'=¥■% the liberty of availing shm
*• Bill deep biaish g w : ’ feJ
t ' - is5i white streaked wit]»
w,nances varied with a few t
.cvg.i: gijjs o f the feathers palest
»‘^ - f e a th e r s black, with more
wings when closed; tail
^ black, margined both
I 'i younger individual»] the
M5 male in summer. Mr. Selfry
tgç.a which liiîi; bird i
,uf the is’fcic
kellv and tl
part of th* tuMii
«h grejf, i« nir.r1
Iwwtt, fhc
|HK <wtinMHi bur across
Be featlwir* wholly vkd. .¡¡d pointed:
s *, tegs and toes bromi.
Di pure in tint, tjor to the same extern
M i * * ° ¥ ct i,inU 1 'liu m upon the crown o f the head and the utvs is also more varied with snots and
M s d r i b f ’’’ ' ■ 1 ■'■ ! | | . j. > a '; " liplj
i 'te female is inferior in sire to the male, and has the I head and upper parts of the body umber brown,
'#*t»rgin* o f the feathers passiiig; into yeilovt idlt t o m » wimr-coverls chestnut brown throat add Wtiri; oi'
;is; dock yellowish white, streaked aodrarM with yellowish brown[ breast and flanks pale retHMi brown, '
■ w iifced with umber brown; middle o f the belly yellowish white.
• The winter plumage of the male (after the- fltst j§ar.| is nearly as follows: crew.» o f she !*»i varied vrilb
."'i1' »1» “ . » hich “ U''l>y -Jk- centre of the feather*; bock and scapulars dwamu i . own. hot deeply
naighed With pale yellowish brown; breast reddish lire»,,-, with the tips o f the f o b f r i red»fol. wh it., food,
large oblong brown streaks.”
!# i. have figured a male and female of the naticral aize.
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