. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . ve inches, of which the tail measures two inches and a half ihe beak, six lines long, , is dusky-blue in summer, and in winter greyish-white, with the §^ ^ .^ ^ ^ • <$m THE LINNET. 47 Y point brown; the iris dark-brown; the feet, eight lines high,are black. There are some very striking varieties producedby the season and age in the plumage of the ma
. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . ve inches, of which the tail measures two inches and a half ihe beak, six lines long, , is dusky-blue in summer, and in winter greyish-white, with the §^ ^ .^ ^ ^ • <$m THE LINNET. 47 Y point brown; the iris dark-brown; the feet, eight lines high,are black. There are some very striking varieties producedby the season and age in the plumage of the male, v/hich arenot observed in the female, and these have caused great con-fusion in works on birds. A male three years old or less, is distinguished in spring bythe following colors, and by the name of red pole:—Theforehead is blood-red, the rest of the head reddish ash-colored,the top rather spotted with black; the cheek, sides of the neck,and the circle round the eyes, have a reddish-white tint; thefeathers of the back are chestnut, with the edges lighter; theupper tail coverts are black, edged with reddish-white; thethroat and under part of the neck are yellowish-white, withsome dashes of reddish-grey: the sides of the breast are. THE LINNET blood-red, edged with reddish-white; the sides of the belly arepale rust-colored; the rest of the under part of the body isreddish-white; the greater wing coverts are black, borderedwith reddish-white; the others are rusty-brown with a lighterborder. The quill feathers are black, tipped with white; thefirst are edged v/ith white nearly to the point; the narrowbeard forms a parallel v/hite streak to the quill feathers; thetail is black and forked; the four outer feathers on both sideshave a broad white border; that of the two middle feathers isnarrower, and reddish-white. After moulting, in autumn, little red is seen on the forehead,because the feathers become colored from the bottom to the top;the breast has not yet acquired its red
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