LESSER RED-POLL. 
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'^7 FBINBILLA LINASIA, LINN. AND WILS LESSEtt EED-POLL. 
'^tLSON PLATE XXX. FIG, IV. MALE. — EDINBUnGlI COLLEGE Ml'SECM. 
This bird corresponds so exactly in size, figure, and 
^lour of plumule, witli that of Europe of the same 
a-s to place their identity beyond a doubt. They 
'■'habit,, duriiiir summer, the most northern parts of 
^snada and still more remote northern countries, from 
'''hence' they mig-rate at the commencement of winter, 
^hey appear in '’the Geunesee country with the first 
^‘-•ep snow, and on that account are usually called by 
'he title of snow birds. As the female is de.stitute of 
[he crimson on the breast and forehead, and the young 
h'rds do not receive that ornament till the sneceeding 
[Prinir such a small proportion of the individuals that 
"tin 'these flocks are marked with red, as to induce a 
general belief among the inhabitants of those pait.s that 
'hey are two different kinds associated together. Flocks 
these birds have been occasionally seen in severe 
'''liters in the neighbourhood of Pliiladelphia. They 
[•'em particularly fond of the seeds of the couuuon alder, 
'"'d hang, head downwards, while feeding, in the man- 
"?!• of the yellow bird. They seem extremely unsiis- 
h'eious at such times, and will allow a very near 
''Pproach without betraying any symptoms of alarm. 
The specimen from which this description was taken, 
"■"s shot, with several others of both sexes, in Seneca 
?®unty, between the Seneca and Cayuga lakes. Some 
!"dividuals were occasionally heard to chant a few 
''derrnptcd notes, but no satisfactory account can be 
ii’Ven of their pou ers of song-. 
This species extends throughout the whole northern 
l"^rts of Europe, is likewise found in the remote wilds 
[*'' Ifiissia, was seen by Steller in Kamtschatka, and 
Ptobably inhabits corresponding climates round the 
!!’*'ole habitable parts of the northern hemisphere. In 
'Pe Highlands of Scotland they are common, building 
f *<'n on the tops of the heath, sometimes ni a low 
"’’^e bush, like the common linnet, and sometimes on 
