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whitish ; breast baiuled with cinnamon ; abdomen wdiite ; flanks 
striated witli dark brown, as in the Lesser Redpoll. 
HuLLFiNCii {Pyrrhula europaa). 
(1) . The female Bullfinch pairs with the male Linnet, and tlie 
following description applies to any male Bullfinch-Linnet hybrid. 
Forehead cinnamon ; crown brown, with black striations ; back 
brown, streaked with black ; superciliary stripe and malar region 
greyish ; upper tail coverts white ; wings and tail black ; throat 
cinnamon ; breast pale red ; abdomen white. 
(2) Tho Bullfinch has united in at lea.st two instances with the 
Lesser Il(;dpoll, and the accompanying description was taken from 
a living bird in 1887. Crown and sides of heatl pale crimson; 
back dark brown, edged with lighter brown ; upper tail coverts 
pink ; quills black ; throat and lower jiarts pale crimson. 
(3) Tho Bullfinch has paired with the Greenfinch, !Mr. Scott, 
of Carlisle, having bred hybrids from the cross ; but none have as 
yet been examined by tho writer. 
Linnet {Linota cannabina). 
(1) . Tho Linnet often interbreeds with the Greenfinch, and 
tho description of a cage-moulted bird w’ould be ; crown, occiput, 
and back brown ; (piills dark brown, edged with yellow ; throat 
and breast brown ; flanks brown ; abdomen white. Some 
examples have a golden breast, and Mr. Salter possessed a wild 
caught bird in which the breast was pink. 
(2) The Linnet has interpaired with the Lesser Redpoll in 
several instances. A hybrid Redpoll-Linnet, exhibited in 1887, 
resembled in size and general colouration a Lesser Redpoll. The 
forehead was yellow ; tho darker streaks on the sides of the head 
corresponded exactly with those of the Linnet. 
Redpoll {Linota rvfe^cens). 
The Lesser Redpoll and Siskin have together produced hybrid 
offspring, but the writer has not seen specimens of the cross. 
Greenfinch {Ligurinus chloris). 
(1). Tho Greenfinch has interbred with the Siskin. In 1883, 
a hybrid was produced by the union of the foregoing, but was 
deserted and died (‘Zool.’ 1883, p. 339). 
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