MEALY REDPOLL 



PLATE XC. FIGURE I. 



Linaria canescens, GOULD. 



Linaria borealis, SELBY. 



Linaria minor, ...... SELBY. 



Fringilla linaria LINNAEUS. 



THE Mealy Redpoll is an irregular winter visitant to 

 the east coast, breeding only in the birch woods of 

 the north, and straying to the south only in the winter. In 

 confinement it has bred with the last species, but has not 

 been known to nest in a wild state in England. 



The egg is described by Meyer as being pale greenish 

 blue, sprinkled over with pale but distinct spots of a red- 

 dish brown colour, some of them inclining to lilac, chiefly 

 confined to a zone around the larger end. 



