122 FBINGILLID.E. 



cler parts are pure white, the flanks tinged with rufous. Some 

 of the white under coverts of the tail have dark marks along- 

 their shafts, those on the flanks also. The eye is dusky, 

 the feet and legs dark-brown. 



As the feathers become worn by time and exposure, those 

 that surround the beak lose their light edges and become 

 dusky, the rufous fringes upon the breast disappear and leave 

 the red and white more conspicuous ; and the upper parts 

 of the plumage become from the same causes, of a darker tint. 

 In this state, it corresponds with the figure of the adult male 

 in the plate, 



The female has the same colours as the male, except upon 

 the breast, which seldom or never exhibits any of the red 

 tint ; but has dusky streaks along the shafts of the feathers ; 

 as represented by the second figure in the plate. In size she 

 is rather smaller than the male, and more slender in form. 



Like the linnets, these birds lose in confinement the colours 

 that distinguish them when wild : after moulting, the male 

 does not regain the beautiful red upon the breast, that part 

 becoming rufous-white ; and the red of the crown changing 

 mostly to orange, or even olive-green. 



The egg figured 112 is that of the Redpole. 



