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FRINGILLID.K. 



INSESSURES. 

 COMIROSTRES. 



FRINGILLID^. 



THE MEALY REDPOLE. 



Linota canescens. 



Liiiaria canesceiis. Mealy Bedpole, Goui.n, Birds of Europe, pt. xi. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 19. 



,, borealis, ,, ,, Macoii.liv. Brit. Birds, p. 388. 



Fringilla ,, Gros-bec Boreal, Temm. Man. d'Ornitii. pt. iii. p. 264. 

 Linota canescens, Bonap. Catalogue, p. 34. 



The Mealy Redpole, figured above, has been con- 

 sidered by several Ornithologists to be merely a large variety 

 of the Lesser Redpole, L. linaria, next to be described ; but 

 sufficient evidence appears to exist to entitle this bird to 

 specific distinction, and the synonynies of those authors 

 who have hitherto considered it only as a variety are 

 here omitted. The Mealy Redpole is figured as a species 

 by John Walcott, Esq. in his Synopsis of British Birds, 

 and it now ranks as a species in the works of Charles 



