MEALY REDPOLL. 
FRINGILLA LINARIA, Linn. 
Fringilla linaria, Linn. S. N. i. p. 822 (1766); Naum. v. 
p- 173. 
Linaria borealis, Macg. i. p. 388. 
Fringilla canescens, Hewitson, i. p. 202*. 
Linota linaria, Yarr. ed. 4, ii. p. 183 ; Dresser, iv. p. 37. 
Sizerin boréal, French; Flachs-Fink, Birken-Zeisig, Shatt- 
chen, German. ; 
This form of Redpoll is an autumnal visitor to Great 
Britain, more frequent on the north-eastern coast of 
Scotland than elsewhere ; further southwards its visits 
are very irregular, and although it has frequently oc- 
curred in considerable numbers in the eastern and 
southern counties of England, it may be fairly con- 
sidered as a very uncertain, and, on the whole, not a 
common migrant to the country south of the Humber. 
The varying races of Redpolls have led to consider- 
able complications; and at least three of these races, 
exclusive of the present bird and owe common Lesser 
Redpoll, have been recorded as occurring in our 
country ; but from my small acquaintance with the 
subject I am disposed to look upon the present bird 
