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 The Red Pole, 



. Numb. LXXV. 



TH E Red Pole is a very fmall, but an exceeding pretty 

 feathered Bird : the Head and Breaft of the Cock are 

 of a fine red : The Hen has a red Head likewife, but not 

 of fo bright a Colour 5 it is not a very fine Bird for finging, 

 but has a pretty chattering fort of Song j it cannot be cal- 

 led very melodious, yet they are often kept in Cages, and 

 eat the fame fort of Seeds as the Linnet or Chaffinches. We 

 are not lure that thefe Birds build in England-^ they are 

 found here in Winter, but go away again in the Spring. 

 I never faw or heard of any of their Nefts being found j 

 I rather believe they come to Ihun the Cold, as the Aber- 

 devine, Twite, and other Birds doj they are taken as they 

 catch other fmall Birds, Mr. Tf^illoughby has not the Red- 

 Pole in his Collection, defcribed by that Name, or any o- 

 ther that will exactly anfwer j but I believe it to be the 

 fame with what he calls the leller Red-headed Linnet j See 

 his Ornithology page 260. SeB. 4. 



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