. A history of British birds . hes and five-eighths ; the fourth primary is one-twelfth of an inch longerthan the fifth; the tail is about two inches long. The female is a little smaller, and has no trace of pink onthe breast or rump ; the chin is brownish-black, and thelower parts are dull brownish-white, the breast, sides of thebody and flanks being streaked with dusky brown. The nestling has the bill pale brown, with the uppermandible rather darker : the head and nape dark brown—each feather broadly edged Avith dull white; back andupper tail-coverts dark brown—the feathers bordered Avithlig
. A history of British birds . hes and five-eighths ; the fourth primary is one-twelfth of an inch longerthan the fifth; the tail is about two inches long. The female is a little smaller, and has no trace of pink onthe breast or rump ; the chin is brownish-black, and thelower parts are dull brownish-white, the breast, sides of thebody and flanks being streaked with dusky brown. The nestling has the bill pale brown, with the uppermandible rather darker : the head and nape dark brown—each feather broadly edged Avith dull white; back andupper tail-coverts dark brown—the feathers bordered Avithlight reddish-brown ; the wings and tail resemble those ofthe adult, but the feathers are edged and tipped with buft;the chin, neck, breast and flanks dull white, with a tinge oflight reddish-brown on the first, each feather tipped withdark brown ; the belly, flanks and lower tail-coverts greyish-white—the last being streaked with dark brown : the legsand toes pale brown, the claws darker. LINNET. PASSERES. LiNOTA CANNABINA (Liniifeus *).THE LINNET. Lhiota cannahina. FEoar tbe gi-eat changes undergone by the males of thisspecies at different seasons of the year, it was long beforethe earlier British naturalists fully admitted that what wereknown to them as the Red Linnet and the Grey or BrownLinnet were the same bird in different plumages, but nowfor many years no reasonable doubt on that score has existed ;though the conditions, under which the bright red colouringof the breast and part of the head of the cock is donned anddoflfed, may be still deemed open to discussion and awaitingfurther investigation. The Linnet is a very well-known species, existing in greatnumbers on most of the uncultivated lands of this country,preferring especially those that are more or less overgrownwith furze. Of late years, in the opinion of many observers * Fnngilla cannahina, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 322 (1766).VOL. II. X 164 FRINGILLIDiE. who are fitted to judge, i
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