562 FRINGILLIDA. 
INSESSORES. FRINGILLIDE. 
CONIROSTRES. 
THE LESSER REDPOLE, 
OR COMMON REDPOLE. 
Linota linaria. 
Fringilla linaria, Lesser Red-headed Finch, PENN. Brit Zool. vol. i. p. 466. 
5 oF >  Ltedpole, Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
és os = 55 Bewicx, Brit. Birds, vol. 1. p. 203. 
o . Rose Linnet, Fem. Brit. An. p. 85. 
Linaria minor, Lesser Redpole Linnet, Setsy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 320. 
Fringilla linaria,  ,, op JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 138. 
Linaria minor, AA 5 Gou tp, Birds of Europe, pt. xi. 
Fringilla linaria, Grosbec sizerin, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 373. 
Tue 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 m small 
flocks from Michaelmas till April; but is not often seen in 
