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length ; but the second the longest ; the fourth one-twelfth 
shorter than the third. M.Temminck, in the third or 
supplementary portion of his Manual, has corrected his 
former measurement of this bird, as given in the second . 
edition of the Manual, and now states the whole length 
to be four inches, five or six lines. But I may here re- 
mark, what has been also observed by Mr. Macgillivray, 
that the measurements and some other peculiarities of the 
Redpole of American authors, approach nearer to those of 
our Mealy Redpole than to those of the Lesser Redpole. 
The females of the Lesser Redpole are without the red 
on the breast, and the dark coloured parts about the head 
are rather brown than black. 
Young birds of the year have no red colour on the fore- 
head or breast ; but young males acquire a portion of this 
colour in the following spring, though less brilliant than 
that of older males. 
The vignette exhibits representations of the head of the 
Mealy and Lesser Redpole, with comparative linear mea- 
surements. 
