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GREATER REDPOLE FINCH. 

 (Fringilla cannabina.) 



Fr.fusco-castanea, subtus albo-rufescens, fascia alarum longitudi- 



nali alba, macula verticis pectoreque rubris. 

 Fuscous-chesnut Finch, beneath white red, with a longitudinal 



white fascia on the wings, and a red spot on the crown and 



breast. 

 Fringilla cannabina. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 322. 28.~Lin. Faun. 



Suec. 240. — Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 916. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



458. 82. 

 Linaria rubro major. Briss. 3. 135. 30. 

 La grande Linotte des vignes. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 58. — 



Buff. PI. Enl.485.f.l. 

 Greater red-headed Linnet, or Redpole. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1 . 



131. t. 54. — Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 201. — Albin. Birds. 3. t. 72. 



73. — Leioin. Brit. Birds. 2. f. 84. — Mont. Brit. Birds. 2. 



— Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 304. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 167. — Bewick. 



Brit. Birds. 1. 173. 

 Fringilla Linota. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 916. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 457. 81. 



Linaria. Briss. 3. 131. 29- 



La Linotte. Biff Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 58. t. l.—Buf. PL Enl. 



151./ 1. 

 Common Linnet. Penn. Brit. Zool. 130. — Letvin. Brit. Birds. 



2. 83.— 'Montagu. Brit. Birds. I. — Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 171. 

 —Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 302. 73. 



There appears to be no doubt that the Linnet 

 and Greater Redpole of Anthors are the same 

 species, and that the former is the young bird : as 

 such we shall consider them. The Redpole is sub- 

 ject to considerable variety with respect to the 

 red markings which are found on the head and 



