BRITISH BIRDS 



abounded there." In colour this species is darker and browner and has the plumage 

 more heavily streaked than in the Greenland Redpoll. 



THE GREENLAND REDPOLL. 



Linota hornemanni, Holboll. 

 Plate 8oa. 



A native of Greenland, this large pale coloured species occurs also in Iceland, 

 Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen and Franz-Joseph Land, and visits North America in winter. 



Although only a rare straggler to the mainland of Great Britain, it appears to 

 be less so in the Shetlands where, on Fair Isle, Dr. Eagle Clarke observed no less 

 than five during his visit there in the autumn of 1905. 



I quote the following notes from his Studies in Bird Migration : "The first to 

 come under notice were a party of three, consisting of an adult male and two 

 younger birds, which appeared on 18th September. 



"These birds frequented an enclosure in front of one of the crofter's houses, 

 where they fed on the seeds of weeds for several days, and were exceedingly tame. 



" On the 29th a second adult male was observed seeking food among some low 

 herbage; and on the 10th October another young bird was found. 



" In life these birds, especially the adults, appeared to be almost entirely white, 

 and this fact and the habit of puffing out their fluffy feathers, rendered them 

 exceedingly pretty and conspicuous objects." 



The bird drawn on the plate was taken from one of the above-mentioned 

 specimens, an adult male now in the Royal Scottish Museum. 



THE SCOTTISH CROSSBILL. 



Loxia scotica, Hartert. 

 Plate 8ob. 



The Scottish form of our Common Crossbill (v. vol. i. plate 17) differs only in 

 having a larger and heavier bill. It inhabits the pine woods of the Highlands of 

 Scotland, where it breeds, occasionally wandering to the Lowlands in winter. 



