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1790. — Fringilla linaria ^ Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 459. 



1818. — Linaria rufescens ViEiLL. Mem. Acad. Torin. XXIII, (p. 202.) 



1833. — Litiaria tninor Selby, Brit. Orn. I (p. 320). 



{Linofa rufescetis List B.O.U. p. 54. — No. 203, Dresser, List. Eur. B. 

 p. 16.) 



Hab. — British Islands, and high mountains of Southern Europe. 



Finally, it may not be out of place to give a few measurements, 

 but in order to save time and space I here only offer the averages, 

 reserving the details for a more elaborate memoir on vs'hich I am 



Table of Comparative Measurements. 



Name of species 



I^ocalities. 



Number of 



specimens 



measured. 



Tail- 

 featliers. 



Bill 



from 



nostrils. 



Depth of 

 bill. 



A. Winter specimens (October — ^April). 



1. hornema7inii 

 la. h. exilipes 



2. linaria. 



2b. /. holboellii 

 , 2C. /. rostrata 



(a) Males. 



East N. Amer. 

 Asia, W. &E. Amer. 

 E. Asia, Amer. Scand. 

 E. Asia, E. Am. Scan. 

 E. Amer. &.Greenl. 



mm. inch. mm. inch. mm. inch. mm. inch. 



0.2s 

 0.29 



1. kornemantiii 

 la.. h. exilipes 



2. linaria 



2b. /. holboellii 

 2c, /. rostrata 



{b') Females. 



E. North Amer. 

 Asia, W. & E. Amer. 

 E. Asia, Amer., Scan. 

 E. Asia, Scandin. 

 E. North Amer. 



0.24 

 0.29 



I a. A. exilipes 

 2. linaria 

 2b. /. holboellii 

 2C. /. rostrata 



B. Summer Specimens (Maj — September). 

 («) Males. 



Alaska 



North America. 



E.Asia, Kodiak, Scan. 



Greenland. 



Av. 6cfd" 



" 1 dd 

 " 1 dd 



" I d 



0.24 

 0.29 



la. k. exilipes 1 Alaska. 



2. linaria North America. 



2b. /. holboellii \ E. Asia, Kodiak. 



{b) Females. 



299 |7'-S 



s ? 9 69.2 

 3991 71-3 



3.81 1 56.5 1 2.22 1 7.0 I 0.28 I I 

 2.72 55.6 2.19 7. if 0.28 



2.80 I 57.0 I 2.24 I 8.2 I 0.32 I 6.2 I 0.24 



* Sex and date supp. 



t The type-specimen of Coues's fuscescens has a very worn and therefore very short bill, 

 thus depressing the average unduly. The average of the four other females is 7.4 mm. = .28 

 inch. 



