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GREENLAND MEALY REDPOLL. 

 Linota hornemanni (Holboell). 



An extremely rare winter visitant from Greenland, Iceland, and 

 Spitzbergen. 



This, the third of the Yorkshire Mealy Redpolls, has its 

 habitat within the Arctic circle. 



Its claim to rank as a Yorkshire species is founded on the 

 fact that two examples were obtained at Spurn, one in October 

 1883, and another in October 1893. It was the first of these 

 specimens and not L. exilipes which was figured by Lord 

 Lilford in his magnificent work, and it is now in the Royal 

 Scottish Museum. (Lilford's ". Birds," Vol. iv., pi. 29 ; see 

 also Saunders' " Manual," 2nd Ed., p. 189 ; and Harting's 

 " Handbook," 2nd Ed., p. 376.) 



LESSER REDPOLL. 

 Linota rufescens (Vieillot). 



Resident, generally distributed, common. An influx of migrants 

 in autumn. 



Probably the first allusion to this bird in connection 

 with the county of York is the statement in Montagu's 

 " Ornithological Dictionary" (1802), to the effect that " A nest 

 and eggs were sent by Dr. Latham from Yorkshire." 



Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote : 



Linota linaria. Lesser Redpoll Common in most districts, breeding 

 near Halifax in nearly every shrubbery and plantation. 



This, the smallest British Finch, is a fairly common resident, 

 though somewhat local, and breeds in most districts where 

 it can find conditions suitable for its requirements ; it is met 

 with sparingly in the dales to a considerable elevation, but 

 of late years its numbers have decreased, and especially in 

 the neighbourhood of large towns, where it is becoming scarce, 



