12 A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIEDS. 



p. 54.) Several Achill Island (Mayo) and two or more Tearaght 

 (Kerry) have been assigned to this form. {Birds Ireland, p. 64) 

 (c/. Brit. B., I, pp. 182, 383 ; iii, p. 378). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Summer-resident in south Greenland* 

 In winter south-westwards through Canada and parts of western 

 United States. 



[Carduelis linaria holboelli (Brehm)—HOLBOLL'S REDPOLL.^ 



LiNARiA Holboelli Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl., p. 280 

 (1831 — Described from migrants obtained in Germany). 

 L. holboelli, Saunders, p. 189 (in text). 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Vagrant. One, Aston Clinton 

 (Bucks.), Dec. 14, 1895 {Vog. pal. Fauna, i, p. 80). One said 

 Achill Island, Mayo {Bull. B.O.C., xn, p. 15). Possibty some of a 

 flock in Yorks., 1881 {Birds Yorks., i, p. 187). A number Fair Isle 

 autumn 1910. Two Shetlands, Oct. 28, 1910. One Isle of May 

 (Forth) Oct. 23, 1910. A number Lothians, Oct., 1910. One 

 Cambridge, Dec. 12, 1910. {Brit. B., iv, pp. 291, 369, v, p. 60). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Polar regions of Old and New World, 

 in winter southwards to Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, 

 Russia, central Asia, Japan, and occasional during migration in 

 parts of north-east North America.] 



23. Carduelis linaria cabaret (P.L.S. Miill.)-j-— THE LESSER 



REDPOLL. 



Fringilla Cabaret P.L.S. Miiller, Xatiirsystem, Suppl., p. 165 (1776 — 



Ex Daubenton and Buff on. Europe. Restricted typical locality : 



France). 



Acanthis linaria britannica Schmiedeknecht, Wirbelt. Eur., p. 128 (1906 — 



Great Britain). 



Linota rujescens (Vieillot), Yarrell, 11, p. 146 ; Saunders, p. 191. 



Distribution. — England and Wales. — Resident. Breeds most 

 counties, but locally and especially so in southern England and 

 Wales, and very sparingly in south-west England, while in extreme 

 south-west it is rare even in autumn and winter, when it becomes 

 more generally distributed elsewhere. Scotland. — Resident. More 

 generally distributed in wooded districts than in England, but 

 uncommon in north-west, and appears not to breed Caithness. 

 Breeds sparingly I. Hebrides, and has nested Barra (O. Hebrides). 



* As this form appears to breed within the same area as C. I. linaria 

 it may represent only an individual variation, and until this question is finally 

 decided we cannot admit it fully to the list. Occurrences of specimens 

 possessing the characters assigned to this form should, meanwhile, be carefully 

 recorded. 



I The name cabaret is forty years older than rufescens. — E.H. 



