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length ; but the second the longest ; the fourth one-twelfth 

 shorter than the third. M. Temminck, in the third or 

 supplementary portion of his Manual, has corrected his 

 former measurement of this bird, as given in the second 

 edition of the Manual, and states the whole length to be 

 four inches, five or six lines. But I may here remark, 

 what has been also observed by Mr. Macgillivray, that 

 the measurements and some other peculiarities of the Red- 

 pole of American authors, approach nearer to those of our 

 Mealy Redpole than to those of the Lesser Redpole. 



The females of the Lesser Redpole are without the red 

 on the breast, and the dark-coloured parts about the head 

 are rather brown than black. 



Young birds of the year have no red colour on the fore- 

 head or breast : but young males acquire a portion of this 

 colour in the following spring, though less brilliant than 

 that of older males. 



The vignette exhibits representations of the head of the 

 Mealy and Lesser Redpole, with comparative linear mea- 

 surements. 



