. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. THE LINNET. Male Linnets vary almost as much in the colour of their feathers as they do in the quality of their songs. A fine specimen, arrayed in all the glory of his summer dress, has the forehead and crown glossy blood- red, the rest of the head black, and sides of the neck brownish-grey, back and upper wing coverts deep reddish-brown ; wing quills dusky, edged with white ; upper tail coverts dark brown ; tail quills brownish-black, edged with white, except in the case of the two centre feathers ; chin and throat greyish-white, streak
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. THE LINNET. Male Linnets vary almost as much in the colour of their feathers as they do in the quality of their songs. A fine specimen, arrayed in all the glory of his summer dress, has the forehead and crown glossy blood- red, the rest of the head black, and sides of the neck brownish-grey, back and upper wing coverts deep reddish-brown ; wing quills dusky, edged with white ; upper tail coverts dark brown ; tail quills brownish-black, edged with white, except in the case of the two centre feathers ; chin and throat greyish-white, streaked along the middle with greyish- brown ; breast glossy rose-red. The last-named colour varies greatly in in- tensity, and in some birds is almost. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928; Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940, illus. London, New York [etc. ] Cassell and Co. , Ltd.
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