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Distribution in the British Islands. A Winter Visitor, 

 occurring in some years abundantly, in others sparingly. 

 It is less regular in its appearance in the south of England 

 and in Ireland. 



General Distribution. The Mealy Redpoll breeds in the 

 far north of both hemispheres, in Europe as far south as the 

 Baltic coast of East Prussia. It occurs on migration or 

 as a winter visitor in most parts of Europe, in Central Asia, 

 and the United States. 



Acanthis linaria rostrata. GREENLAND 

 REDPOLL. 



rostratus Coues, Proc. Acad. Philad. for 1861, 

 1862, p. 378 : Greenland. 



Acanthis rostrata (Coues) SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii, 1888, 



p. 251. 

 Linota rostrata Sounders. Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 190. 



Rostrata = beaked. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor, gener- 

 ally in autumn. Has been obtained in the Shetlands, Orkneys, 

 and the Outer and Inner Hebrides, also in Rathlin, Achill, and 

 Tearaght Islands, off the north and west coasts of Ireland. 



General Distribution. The Greenland Redpoll breeds in 

 southern Greenland, and is found in winter in Canada and 

 parts of the eastern half of the United States. 



Acanthis linaria holboelli. HOLBOLL'S 

 REDPOLL. 



Linaria holboellii C. L. Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. 

 Deutschl. 1831, p. 280 : Germany. 



Acanthis holboelli (Brekm) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888, 



p. 250. 

 Linota holboelli Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 189. 



Holboelli, in honour of the Danish ornithologist, Holboll (1795-1856). 



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