PLATE XVII. 
The Red-Pole. 
TThESE birds migrate from the fouth of France, and vifit this country in great numbers. 
In their pafiTage they have been l^nown to ahght, for reft, on the yards and rigging of fliips. 
They are frequently to be met with in the London market ; but are not held in much efti- 
mation. They have no fong, but are docile, and may be taught to open a box for their 
food. People generally purchafe them as a decoy bird, to catch others of their kind. Few, 
in the numbers that come over, have arrived at their full beauty : it is therefore with no 
fmall pleafure the author prefents to the public a portrait, drawn from a living and perfeft 
bird. 
