Genus LINOTA, Bonaparte, Comp. List, p. 34 (1838). 



Linota, coined by Bonaparte from llnum = flax, on the analogy of the French 



Linota cannabina. LINNET. 



Fringilla cannabina, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 322 (1766) . 



Fringilla cannabina, Naum. v. p. 80 ; Hewitson, p. 200 ; Gray, 



p. 97. 



Linaria cannabina, Macg. i. p. 371 ; Dresser, iv. p. 31. 

 Linota cannabina, Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 550; id. ed. 3, i. p. 577; 



Newton, ii. p. 153 ; Gould, iii. pi. 49 ; Harting, p. 27. 

 Common Linnet, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 502. 



Cannabina, from Kavvafilvos = of hemp, Ka.vva.f3is. 



Generally resident, though partly migratory, throughout 

 the British Isles. It occurs over the whole of the Western 

 Palsearctic Region, except in the extreme north. 



Linota linaria. MEALY REDPOLL. 



Fringilla Linaria, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 322 (1766). 



Fringilla linaria, Naum. v. p. 173. 



Linaria borealis, Macg. i. p. 388. 



Fringilla canescens, Hewitson, p. 202 *. 



Fringilla borealis, Gray, p. 99. 



Linota canescens, Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 556; id. ed. 3, i. p. 583. 



Linota linaria, Newton, ii. p. 133; Harting, p. 28; Dresser, 



iv. p. 37 . 



^Egiothus linaria, Gould, iii. pi. 51. 

 Mealy Redpole, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 508. 



Linaria = of or belonging to flax, llnum. 



An irregular winter visitant to the eastern coast from 

 Shetland southwards ; unknown in the west, save in the 

 south of Scotland, and on a single occasion in Ireland. An 

 inhabitant of the more northern parts of both hemispheres, 



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