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COXIROSTRES. 



LESSER REDPOLE. 589 



FRINGILLID^E. 





THE LESSER REDPOLE, 



OR COMMON REDPOLE. 



Linota linaria. 



Frincjilla linaria, Lesser Red-headed Finch, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 466. 

 Redpole, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. 



p. 203. 



Rose Linnet, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 85. 



Linaria minor, Lesser Redpole Linnet, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 320. 



Frincjilla linaria, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 138. 



Linaria minor, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Fringilla linaria, Grosbec sizerin, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 373. 



THE Lesser, or more common Redpole, is the smallest of 

 the British Linnets, and is even a trifle smaller than our 



