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GREATER REDPOLE FINCH. 

 (Fringilla cannabina.) 



Fr.Jusco-castanea, subtus albo-rvfescens, 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. U 322. 28. — Lin. Faun. 

 Suec. 240. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. yio. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 458. &2. 



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



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



Buff. PL Enl,AS5.f 1. 

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



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



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



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



Brit. Birds. I. 173. 

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



1. 457. 81. 



Linaria. Briss. 3. 131. 29. 



La Linotte. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 58. t. I.— Buff. PL Enl. 

 151./.1. 



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



2. 83. — Montagu. Brit. Birds. I. — Bevoich 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 



