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MEALY KEDPOLE. 



STONY EEDPOLE. LESSER KEDPOLE. LESSEE EEDPOLE LINNET. 



Linaria canescens, GOULD. 



" borealis, SELBY. 



" minor, SELBY. 



Fringilla borealis, TEMMINCK. 



Linaria. Linum Flax. Canescens Inclining to hoary colour. 



THEEE have been doubts entertained as to the specific 

 distinction of the present bird, but its individuality would 

 seem to be established, and I 'tell the tale as it was told 

 to me.' 



It appears to occur both on the continents of Europe and 

 America, as also in Asia; in Japan according to M. Temminck. 

 It is an inhabitant of Greenland. 



In England it is in general only rarely met with, but 

 great numbers are said to have been taken in the neighbour- 

 hood of London about the year 1827, and also in 1829. In 

 Yorkshire one was obtained near Sheffield, in the year 1839: 

 in 1847 many were procured near Ipswich, Suffolk; most of 

 them being males. Mr. Henry Doubleday, of Epping, has 

 met with them at Colchester, and Mr. Pelerin at Oundle. 

 W. P. Cocks, Esq. mentions one specimen met with in Cornwall, 

 at Pennance. One was also obtained near Saffron Wai den, 

 in May, 1836; others have also been met with in other parts. 



In Scotland two specimens have been procured; one in the 

 neighbourhood of Bathgate, in the winter, and the other 

 near Edinburgh. 



The occurrence of this species is most frequent in winter, 

 and it seems to be a migrant (perhaps only an occasional 

 one) hither, the arctic and more northern regions being its 

 native home. 



