MEALY REDPOLE. 
STONY BEDPOLE. LESSEE BEDPOLE. LESSEE EEDPOLE LINNET 
Linaria canescens, 
“ borealis , 
“ minor , 
Fringilla borealis. 
Gould. 
Selby 
Selby. 
Temminck. 
Linaria. Linum — Flax. Canescens — Inclining to hoary colon! 
There nave been doubts entertained as to the specific 
distinction of the present bird, but its individuality would 
seem to b$ established, and I ‘tell the tale as it was told 
to me ' 
It appears to occur both on the continents of Europe and 
America, as also in Asia; in Japan according to M. Temminck. 
It is an inhabitant of Greenland. 
In England it is in general only rarely met with, but 
great numbers are said to have been taken in the neighbour¬ 
hood of London about the year 1827, and also in 1829. In 
Yorkshire one was obtained near Sheffield, in the year 1839: 
in 1847 many were procured near Ipswich, Suffolk; most of 
them being males. Mr. Henry Doubleday, of Epping, has 
met with them at Colchester, and Mr. Pelerin at Oundle. 
W. P. Cocks, Esq. mentions one specimen met with in Cornwall, 
at Pennance. One was also obtained near Saffron Walden, 
in May, 1836; others have also been met with in other parts. 
In Scotland two specimens have been procured; one in the 
neighbourhood of Bathgate, in the winter, and the other 
near Edinburgh, 
The occurrence ot this species is most frequent in winter, 
and it seems to be a migrant (perhaps only an occasional 
one) hither, the arctic and more northern regions being its 
native home. 
