IN THE HANCOCK COLLECTION. 309 



Case 



Genus. LIN ARIA. 



63. Mealy Redpole, Liinaria Tborealis, Yiellot. 



No. 1 ^left). 

 ,, 3 (centre). 

 ,, 4 (right). All three shot in Yorkshire, 1848. 



Mr. Mark Booth. 

 ,, 2 (upper left). Male, in the red state. Durham. 



Bought of W. Proctor, 1848. 



64. Arctic Redpole. Linaria canescens, Gould. 

 No. 1 (left). Male. 



Shot at list Zilma, Lower Petchora, April 28th, 1875. 



Collected by H. Seehohm and Harvey Brown, Esqs. 



,, 2 (centre). 



Knocked down with a clod of earth, April 24th, 



1855, on the sea banks, near "Whitburn, Durham, 



Presented to J. Hancock by the Rev. Geo. Cooper Abbe, 



Cleadon. 

 ,, 3 (lower right). Male. 



Shot at list Zilma, Lower Petchora, May 20th, 1875. 



Collected by H. Seebohm and Harvey Brown, Esqs. 



,, 4 (upper right). Shot in Iceland. 



Obtained from W. Proctor, Durham. 



Reynarks. — This rag of a specimen is put in this case 



only to shew what takes place by the margins of the feathers 



wearing off after being exposed to the weather for a few 



months. J. H. 



65. Lesser Redpole. Linaria rufescens, Yiellot. 

 No. 1 (lower left). Male and female. 



Shot in Northumberland. Stuffed about 1830. 

 ,, 2 (upper left). Sex not determined. 



Caught at the Nest, May, 1876. 

 ,, 3 (right). Male and temale. 



Caught at the Nest, May, 1876. 

 Nos. 2 and 3 presented to J. Hancock by 



Thos, Thompson, Esq., Winlaton, 



