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fNSESSORES. 

 CONJROSTRES. 



FRINGILLID.E. 



FRWGILLIDK. 



THE LESSER REDPOLE, 



OR COMMON REDPOLE. 



Linota linaria. 



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



Redpole, 



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Rose Linnet, 



Linaria minor, Lesser Redpole Linnet, 

 Fringilla linaria, ,, 



Linaria minor, 



Fringilla linaria, Grosbec sizerin, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 203. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 85. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 320. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 138. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xi. 

 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 

 diminutive Siskin. It is more especially a winter visitor 

 to the southern counties of England, appearing in small 

 flocks from Michaelmas till April ; but is not often seen in 



