MEALY KEDPOLL. 



FRINGILLA LIN ARIA, Linn. 



Fringilla linaria, Linn. S. N. i. p. 322 (1766) j Naum. v. 

 p. 173. 



Linaria borealis, Macg. i. p. 388. 



Fringilla canescens, Hewitson, i. p. 202 *. 



Linota linaria, Yarr. ed. 4, ii. p. 133 ; Dresser, iv. p. 37. 



Sizerin boreal, French; Flachs-Fink, Birken- Zeisig , Shatt- 

 chen, German. 



This form of Redpoll is an autumnal visitor to Great 

 Britain, more frequent on the north-eastern coast of 

 Scotland than elsewhere ; further southwards its visits 

 are very irregular, and although it has frequently oc- 

 curred in considerable numbers in the eastern and 

 southern counties of England, it may be fairly con- 

 sidered as a very uncertain, and, on the whole, not a 

 common migrant to the country south of the H umber. 



The varying races of Redpolls have led to consider- 

 able complications; and at least three of these races, 

 exclusive of the present bird and our common Lesser 

 Redpoll, have been recorded as occurring in our 

 country ; but from my small acquaintance with the 

 subject I am disposed to look upon the present bird 



