REDPOLL 



LESSER REDPOLE. 

 PLATE LXXXIX. 



Fringilla rufescens, . . VIEILLOT. 



Linota rufescens, .... NEWTON. 



Linaria minor, .... MACGILLIVRAV. 



Fringilla linaria, . . . LINNAEUS. LATHAM. 



Spinus Hnaria, . KOCK. 



Linota linaria, .... BUONAPARTE. 



Linaria fiavirostris, . . . EYTON. 



Linaria rubra STEPHENS. 



Linaria betularum, . . . BREHM. 



TWO species of the Redpoll are usually described as 

 distinct by British authors, but with regard to their 

 names or their specific distinction, hardly any two writers 

 are agreed. One of the latest authorities, Mr. Howard 

 Saunders, speaks of the two as distinct ; Mr. Seebohm regards 

 them as mere varieties, and to them he adds the Greenland 

 Redpoll, which has only once occurred in England. The 

 two species generally recognised are the Lesser Redpoll and 

 the Mealy Redpoll. The Lesser Redpoll breeds commonly 

 in many parts of Great Britain, wherever there are woods 

 and thickets, and rarely in any other country. 



The small nest is usually built in a low bush or tree, 

 such as an alder, hawthorn, hazel, osier, or willow, seven or 

 eight feet from the ground, or in heather, and is fabricated 



