110 RUDDY-BREASTED BIRDS. 



and along tlie east coast of Scotland and England 

 as far as Durham ; occasionally farther south and 

 west. 



The Mealy Redpoll, a bird of even more northerly 

 type than the Lesser Redpoll, resembles the latter as 

 closely in habits as in appearance, and where they 

 occur Mealy Redpolls associate with Lesser Redpolls, 

 feeding upon the seeds of the same ground plants and 

 trees as they. The ' mealy ' grayishness of the upper 

 parts suflBciently distinguishes the Mealy Redpoll from 

 the Lesser Redpoll even if the bulkier form of the 

 former escape notice. 



LINNET — 5| inches ; gray nape ; no black on face or chin. 

 TWITE — 5 inches ; hair brown above, streaked with dark 

 brown ; white in wings and tail conspicuous during 

 fliglit ; no black on face or chin ; bill yellow. 



CROSSBILL. — Plate 50. Length, 6^^ inches. 

 Entire head and body red ; wings and tail brown. 

 Female: yellowish-green in place of red. Mandibles 

 hooked and crossed. Resident and winter migrant. 



Eggs. — 4-5, white faintly tinged with green, 

 marked sparingly with two shades of reddish-brown ; 

 •9x -66 inch (plate 125). 



Nest. — Of roots and dry gra.ss upon a base of 

 twigs, lined with a little moss and a few feathers, 

 and placed, usually at a considerable height from the 

 ground, on the branch of a fir, as a rule close to the 

 trunk. 



Distribution. — Principally in pine woods of Scot- 

 land ; also in similar situations in Ireland ; England 



