back of the same colour, only of a redder shade.The feathers of the forehead are red, tipped with brown. He is found at all times of the year, both in England and Scotland ; buttowards the end of autumn the linnets collect into flocks, and visit the farm- A STORY ABOUT A LINNET S NEST. ^43 yards to… … THE SKY-LARK, There is a pretty little story about a linnets nest. It was carried homeby some children, and was full of young linnets, that they hoped to rear.The parent birds fluttered round the children all the while they were carryingthe nest home, and never left them. The children put the nest…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
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