. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . m . S^n^v^e^. (j>. c^^:^;Wz^ ^e^: ryj y. ( <59 ) The Iwite. Numb. LXXIV. IT Is in Colour like the Linnet^ but lefs, it has a fhortBill, the Legs blackifh j the Cock has a curious red Spotupon his Rump, which the Hen hath not 3 it is a merrybriik Bird, that is always a fmging, therefore they hanghim. among other Birds, to provoke them to fingj they donot breed in England that I know of, but come here inWinter, and go away again in the Spring, but what placethey come from, or
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . m . S^n^v^e^. (j>. c^^:^;Wz^ ^e^: ryj y. ( <59 ) The Iwite. Numb. LXXIV. IT Is in Colour like the Linnet^ but lefs, it has a fhortBill, the Legs blackifh j the Cock has a curious red Spotupon his Rump, which the Hen hath not 3 it is a merrybriik Bird, that is always a fmging, therefore they hanghim. among other Birds, to provoke them to fingj they donot breed in England that I know of, but come here inWinter, and go away again in the Spring, but what placethey come from, or whither they go, to us is not known :The Bird-catchers take them as they do Linnets^ ^c. Theyeat Rape and Canary Seed, but love the Canary beft: It isa pretty familiar, gentle naturd Bird, well worth keeping,I was told by a Gentleman, curious in flich Enquiries, thatthe Twite is common in fome parts of France^ and is cal-led there Petit Linotte, the lefler Linnet j and that its Eggsare like the Eggs of that Bird, but The (70)The Red Pole, . Numb. LXXV. TH E Red Pole is a very fmall, but an exceeding prettyfeathered Bird: the Head and Breaft of the Cock areof a fine red: The Hen has a red Head likewife, but notof fo bright a Colour 5 it is not a very fine Bird for finging,but has a pretty chattering fort of Song j it cannot be cal-led very melodious, yet they are often kept in Cages, andeat the fame fort of Seeds as the Linnet or Chaffinches. Weare not lure that thefe Birds build in England-^ they arefound here in Winter, but go away again in the never faw or heard of any of their Nefts being found jI rather believe they come to Ihun the Cold, as the Aber-devine, Twite, and other Birds doj they are taken as theycatch other fmall Birds, Mr. Tf^illoughby has not the Red-Pole in his Collection, defcribed by that Name, or any o-ther that will exactly anfwer j but I believe it to be thefame with what he calls the leller Red-headed Linnet j Seehis Ornithology page 260
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