38 



JEgiotlms borealis (Vieill.), Switihoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 160. 



Idnota linaria (L.), Newton, Yarr. Brit. Birds, ed. 4, ii. p. 133 (1876). 



Stone-Redpoll, Mealy Bed/poll, English ; Sizerin boreal, French ; Birkenzeisig , Flachszeisig, 

 Bergzeisig, German ; Barmsijsje, Dutch ; Graasidsken, Danish ; Orpingmiutak, Anarak, 

 Greenlandic ; Bbdkop, SisserbnniJce, Moirisk, Norwegian ; Grdsiska, Swedish ; Urpovar- 

 punen, Finnish ; Sljepuschka, Russian. 



Figurce notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Granivores, pi. 49 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. 27 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 26. 

 figs. 15, 16 ; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 126 ; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 3. figs. 4, 

 5, 6 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 193 ; id. B. of G. Brit. iii. pi. 51 ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederi 

 pi. 171; Audub. B. of Am. pi. 179; Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 30. fig. 4; Bp. & Schlegel, 

 Mon. Lox. pis. 52, 53. 



£ ad. ptil. (est. fronte et pileo antico sanguineo-rubris : corpore supra nigro-fusco, plumis conspicue pallide 

 fusco vel fusco-albido marginatis : uropygio pallidiore et rubro lavato : remigibus nigricantibus, pri- 

 mariis anguste et seeundariis latius albido marginatis et apicatis : tectricibus alarum majoribus albo 

 terminatis : cauda nigro-fusca, rectricibus eentralibus albo marginatis : loris et mento nigris : regione 

 parotica, fusca albo lavata : gutture et pectore supremo pallide sanguineo-rubris : corpore reliquo subtus 

 albo, hypochondriis nigro-fusco striatis : rostro fuseo-corneo, ad basin flavido : iride fusca : pedibus 

 brunneis. 



2 ad. mari similis sed minor, nee pectore, gutture et uropygio rubris, et corpore supra saturatiore. 



Ad. ptil. hiem. plumis in corpore supra latius pallide fusco-albido marginatis, plaga frontali rubra minore, et 

 plumis ad basin maxillae cervino-griseis : uropygio baud rubro : corpore subtus albo, gutture fusco- 

 cervino lavato : rostro flavido, fusco apicato. 



Adult Male in spring (Stockholm, 14th April) . Upper parts blackish brown, the feathers tolerably broadly 

 margined with pale brown or brownish white ; forehead and fore part of the crown deep blood-red ; 

 rump paler than the rest of the upper parts and washed with red ; quills blackish, the primaries very 

 narrowly and the inner secondaries more broadly margined and tipped with white, larger wing-coverts 

 tipped with white, the lesser coverts coloured like the back ; tail blackish, the central rectrices mar- 

 gined with white ; lores and chin black ; ear-coverts brown, marked with dull white ; throat and upper 

 breast pinkish red ; rest of the underparts white, the flanks streaked with blackish brown ; bill dark 

 brownish horn, yellowish at the base ; iris dark brown ; legs dark brown. Total length about 5 inches, 

 culmen 038, wing 3-08, tail 2-58, tarsus 0-58. 



Adult Female in summer. Differs from the male in lacking the red on the breast and rump, in having the 

 upper parts rather darker, and in being smaller in size. 



Adult in winter dress (Sweden, December) . Differs from the bird above described in lacking the red on the 

 throat, breast, and rump, in having the margins to the feathers on the upper parts broader and lighter ; 

 the red cap is smaller, and the feathers at the base of the upper mandible are yellowish grey ; the black 

 patch on the chin is larger, and the underparts of the body are white, the throat and upper breast 

 washed with brownish buff, and the flanks streaked with dark brown ; bill yellow, tipped with brown ; 

 iris and legs dark brown. 



