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Remarks. — The Redpoll is frequently kept in cages, not so 

 much for its song, which is very inferior to that of the Brown 

 Linnet, as for its lively and gentle disposition. It readily pairs 

 with the Canary and Goldfinch. This species, according to 

 authors, inhabits the northern and temperate parts of Europe 

 and North America, feeding during winter on the buds of the 

 alder, and at other seasons on the seeds of that tree, the birch, 

 and pines, as well as those of flax and cruciferse. It is how- 

 ever to be remarked that the Lesser Redpoll of the Fauna 

 Boreali-Americana, and of Mr. Ord's edition of Wilson's 

 American Ornithology, agrees better with the next species 

 than with the present. 



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