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Sentence Examples
| Songbirds such as the linnet, yellowhammer, skylark and song thrush to name but a few, are fast disappearing in our gardens and countryside. |
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| And he found a number of bird species, such as the corn bunting, tree sparrow, grey partridge, skylark, linnet and yellow wagtail. |
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| Other species in danger are the brown hare, skylark, linnet, reed bunting, tree sparrow, grey partridge, bullfinch, song thrush and grass-wrack pondweed. |
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| They put down their loads and went back for more, and Burginde brought in one hand my pigskin satchel, and in the other the willow cage that held the linnet. |
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| Birds species include linnet, nightjar, skylark, stonechat, and yellowhammer. |
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| Birds breeding include skylark, cuckoo, song thrush, spotted flycatcher, dunnock, house sparrow, linnet, and bullfinch. |
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| Oystercatchers, ringed plovers, redshanks, shelduck, gadwall, skylarks, meadow pipits, linnet and reed bunting can be seen. |
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| These include such species as black grouse and curlew, which are associated with upland areas, as well as the song thrush, spotted flycatcher and linnet. |
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| Most urban and suburban gardeners would nowadays be astonished to see the once-common linnet or bullfinch, even if they recognised one in the first place. |
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| These include the linnet, Dartford warbler, stonechat, meadow pipit, skylark, goldfinch, bullfinch, hedge sparrow, grey partridge and yellowhammer. |
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| It lacks the red head patch and breast shown by the linnet and the redpolls. |
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| On this list are the song thrush, starling, sparrow, skylark, lesser redpoll and the linnet. |
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| The enormous seed production of the marsh plants is a good source of food in the winter for singing birds, such as the linnet, twite and the snow bunting. |
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| He also has flocks of seed-eating birds such as linnet and yellowhammer, and rare wild plants such as meadow saffron, greater butterfly orchid and herb paris. |
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| They spotted not only common birds like blackbirds, magpies, wrens and robins, but rare breeds including red kite, linnet, tree pipit and ring-necked parakeet. |
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| Both of the characters feel the terrible pain of aloneness and separateness felt also by both Linnet and Owl of the changeling stories. |
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| The instrumental quartet's first album was independently released, after which they were snapped up by US label Green Linnet. |
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| She would go home to her own snuggery, with Linnet to share it, with a relieved mind if John Holmes might be taken into a family. |
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| On his LP The Green Linnet Tim's voice is certainly a touch rounder, but the swirls of long lines are flourished in much the same manner on both recordings. |
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Examples from Classical Literature
| The goldfinch, linnet, waxbill, and several others belong to this interesting tribe. |
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| At last he selected one neater and prettier than the rest, containing a linnet. |
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| Another California bird that has gained a bad reputation is the house finch or linnet. |
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| She turned for confirmation to linnet and Matthew Henry, and they both nodded. |
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| She trilled like a thrush, or a linnet, or any bird that goes in largely for trilling. |
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| This bird will pair with the canary, siskin, linnet, or goldfinch. |
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| We can't cage our linnet, Rachel, and perhaps we shouldn't try. |
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| They were the size of the English linnet, and probably male and female. |
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| This linnet, as near as I can remember, seemed to be somewhat larger than an English swan. |
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| Who teaches the young chipper to trill, and the young linnet to warble? |
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| Of these I will only mention the blackcap, linnet, and tree-pipit. |
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| It seemed as if a linnet had hopped to my foot and proposed to bear me on its tiny wing. |
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| They shall learn kindness early, to the dog, the cat, yes, even the rat, and the pretty linnet in its cage. |
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| Yes, Captain Pog, and more, there is a linnet with the dove. |
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| A goldfinch gave away the bride, and a linnet was bridesmaid. |
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| The Mountain Linnet is generally called the twite, a syllable which its simple note is thought to resemble. |
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