. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . y chaseHis twin around the bush ; the Linnet then,Within the prickly fortress, builds her bower,And warmly lines it round with hair and woolInwove. Gkahame, Birds of Scotland. On the 21st of June 1888, Mr. Compton Lundie of Spitaland I found several nests of this species in isolated whinbushes on the rough pasture ground at St. Abbs contained eggs, which varied from four to five in 1 The Linnet has been obse
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . y chaseHis twin around the bush ; the Linnet then,Within the prickly fortress, builds her bower,And warmly lines it round with hair and woolInwove. Gkahame, Birds of Scotland. On the 21st of June 1888, Mr. Compton Lundie of Spitaland I found several nests of this species in isolated whinbushes on the rough pasture ground at St. Abbs contained eggs, which varied from four to five in 1 The Linnet has been observed on migration at the Isle of May:—Spnng1880.—18th May. Autumn liil.—lith. AxLg. ,S>rmgr 1882.—3rd March and22nd May. Autumn 1882.—23rd Aug. to 8th Dec. ; vast rush, 9th to 23rd 1884.—25th March. Autumn 1884.—25th to 27th Sep. —ijepor^s onMigration of Birds, 1879-85. THE LINNET, 171 number and were white, tinged with green or blue, spotted,speckled, or blotched with reddish brown. When in full summer plumage a fine old male has thefore-part and top of the head glossy blood-red. In thisdress the bird is called a Kose Lintie in PASSERES. ( 172 ) FRINGILLID^. THE LESSEE EEDPOLL. REDPOLL, SMALLER REDPOLL, LINNET. Linota ^z EetipolL See the birds together,In this splendid weather, And each feathered neighbourEnters on his , Robin, Redpoll, Finch, Linnet, and the Wren. Mary Howitt, An April Day. In Berwickshire the Lesser EedpoU is generally seen insmall flocks with Siskins, feeding upon the seeds of birchand alder trees during the autumn and winter months, but itis also observed in small family parties towards the end ofsummer. Of late years some small flocks of five or six haveseveral times been noticed by me in the latter part of Julyfrequenting the young fir plantations near my house atPaxton, being apparently on local migration. A pair wereseen in the beginning of June 1887 haunting the sameyoung woods, whe
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