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Identifier: britainsbirdsthe00thom (find matches)
Title: Britain's birds and their nests
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Thomson, Arthur Landsborough, Sir, 1890- Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933 Rankin, George
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Nests
Publisher: London : W. & R. Chambers
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The nest is composed chiefly of moss, with the usuallining materials. It is placed among whins as a rule,less often among broom-bushes or heather. Usually itis not actually on the groimd, although naturally neververy far from it. The foui- to six eggs have purple andred markings on a bluish-white ground. Two broods aresometimes reared. THE TWITE (Linota flavirostris). The Twite, or Mountain Linnet, is distinguished byits more slender build, longer tail, and yellow beak.The adult male has a rose-pink patch on the rump, butno crimson on head or breast. The species appears tonest only in Norway and the British Isles. In GreatBritain it is found on the moorlands, from the Midlandsof England northward, and is very abimdant on thewestern side and the outlying islands of Scotland. Inthe Irish mountains it is also common. In winter itforsakes the higher levels and becomes more widespread,but does not reach the south of England. Except thatit is a moorland species, its habits resemble those of
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Plate 85. LESSER REDPOLL—ZzV/^Vrt! rufescens. Length, 4-75 in. ; wing, 2-75 in. (Passeres : FringillidEe ; Fringillinae.)2g 258 BRITAINS BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS. 259 its allies. The three, four, or more eggs are pale greenishblue, blotched or streaked with reddish brown. THE LESSER REDPOLL (Linota rufescens).Plate 85. Small size and dark plumage are characteristic of theLesser Redpoll, and the blood-red forehead and crown,present in both sexes, is very distinctive. The adultmale in summer has also a carmine breast and a pink-tinted rump. The ordinary notes are low twitterings,but the song is of considerable merit. The Lesser Redpoll is generally distributed over ourarea in winter, when it is gregarious ; but in the nestingseason it is rather local. It is found irregularly through-out the wooded regions of Scotland and Ireland and thenorthern half of England and Wales. In the south,south - west, and southern Midlands of England it isuncommon or unknown, but it is found in some numbersi

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