. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . quill feathers are black, with white edges;the second are also black, but with the edges brown. The greater and lesser covert feathers are brown,with pale brown edges. The throat and upper part of the breast are white,with a few dusky touches pointing downwards. The lower part of the breast is of a bright shiningcrimson colour, edged off with a cast of orange. Thebelly and covert feathers under the tai
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . quill feathers are black, with white edges;the second are also black, but with the edges brown. The greater and lesser covert feathers are brown,with pale brown edges. The throat and upper part of the breast are white,with a few dusky touches pointing downwards. The lower part of the breast is of a bright shiningcrimson colour, edged off with a cast of orange. Thebelly and covert feathers under the tail, are a duskywhite. The tail consists of twelve feathers, and is a littleforked. The two middle feathers are shorter than therest, and black, with red-brown edges ; all the rest arebordered with white. The cock has sometimes a blackstroke under his throat, not always. The legs and feet are a dusky black. The hen wants the crimson colour on the white feathers in the wing and tail are less bright,and the general hue of colours more dusky than thoseof the cock. The Linnet feeds on downy seeds. I have figuredthe * water ragwort, with the birds, on plate xxvii. * Senecio 28 NEST AND EGGS OF THE LINNET. PLATE XXVIII. The Linnet inhabits dry, barren, and hilly grounds,where there is plenty of heath, furze, and other low-bushes, in which she makes her nest. The specimenbefore me was built in a low branch of the * black-thorn,or sloe-tree, which was at that time in blossom. The outside of the nest is formed of dry stubblemixed with hay. The middle coat is formed withfiner hay, mixed with hair, very firmly and neatlyplatted together. The inner coat or lining consistsof hair, wool, and the down of the seeds of willow, overwhich is a lay of fine fibres of roots. The whole isa neat piece of work, round, well finished, and veryhandsome. The eggs are white, with a cast of blue, spotted moreor less with purple spots. The Linnet gives place to few birds in point of
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