...none of the red markings which, in the return of spring, they put forth. * Selby informs us, that he repeatedly verified the fact of its never acquiring...year when in a state of liberty. " I will adduce," says he, " an instance strikingly to the point. For some particular purpose of observation, a Linnet...

...although he has attached to it the Linnean synonymes of the lesser redpole. ' If,' continues Mr. Sclby, ' Mr. Bewick's observations on the plumage of the linnet...ago, towards the close of summer, when the plumage showed its most perfect nuptial tint; and, happening to be only winged, it was put into a cage, where...

...continues Mr. Selby, ' Mr. Bewick's observations on the plumage of the linnet were made upon caged birds, 1 am not surprised at his assertion of its always retaining...ago, towards the close of summer, when the plumage showed its most perfect nuptial tint; and, happening to be only winged, it was put into a cage, where...

...distinguish the bird while a free rover in the woods and fields. " I have repeatedly," says Selby, " verified the fact of its never acquiring, under confinement,...ago, towards the close of summer, when the plumage showed its most perfect nuptial tint ; and, happening to be only winged, it was put into a cage, where...

...Redpole. " If," continues Mr. Selby, " Mr. Bewick's observations on the plumage of the Linnet were mn>! e upon caged birds, I am not surprised at his assertion...ago, towards the close of summer, when the plumage showed its most perfect nuptial tint ; and, happening to be only winged, it was put into a cage, where...

...I have repeatedly verified the fact of its never acquiring under confinement those brilliant tinto which distinguish it at a particular period of the...ago, towards the close of summer, when the plumage showed its most perfect nuptial tint; and, happenin? to be only winged, it woe put into a cage, where...