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LINARIA MINOR— RAY. 



LESSER REDPOLL LINNET. 



Lesser Redpoll, Fringilla linaria, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Fringillalinaria, Bonap. Syn. 



Linaria minor, Lesser Redpoll, Sw. & Rich. 



Lesser Redpoll, Nutt. Man. 



Lesser Redpoll, Fringilla linaria, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill short ; much less than the preceding ; 

 tail deeply emarginate, or slightly forked. Adult male with the upper 

 part of the head crimson ; sides of the neck, fore part of the breast 

 and flanks, carmine ; upper parts deep brown, streaked with pale 

 yellowish-brown, the feathers on the rump lighter, and tipped with 

 carmine; wings and tail brown, edged with yellowish-brown, sec- 

 ondary and lesser coverts tipped with white ; a band on the fore- 

 head, loral space and throat brownish black ; lower parts white, 

 deeply tinged with rose color on the breast, paler on the abdomen, 

 rump and lower tail coverts ; sides of the body streaked with dusky. 

 Female with less red on the head ; the throat brown ; the rose col- 

 or on the lower parts wanting. Young, without any red marking; 

 upper parts blackish-brown ; lower parts dull white. Length five 

 inches and a quarter, wing three. 



This is another of those inhabitants of the North that seldom 

 visit us except in winter. It associates in flocks, feeds on seeds, 

 prid when in good condition is esteemed a delicacy. 



