. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS* 191. THE LESSER REDPOLE. [Frlngilla Linaria, Lin.—Le Sizerin, BufF.) Length about five inches. Bill pale brown, pointdusky; eyes hazel; the forehead is marked with apretty large spot, of a deep purplish red : the breast isof the same colour, but less bright; the feathers on theback are dusky, edged with pale brown ; the greater andlesser coverts tipped with dirty white, forming two lightbars across the wing •, the belly and thighs are of a dullwhite j the quills and tail dusky, edged with dirty white ;the latter somew
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS* 191. THE LESSER REDPOLE. [Frlngilla Linaria, Lin.—Le Sizerin, BufF.) Length about five inches. Bill pale brown, pointdusky; eyes hazel; the forehead is marked with apretty large spot, of a deep purplish red : the breast isof the same colour, but less bright; the feathers on theback are dusky, edged with pale brown ; the greater andlesser coverts tipped with dirty white, forming two lightbars across the wing •, the belly and thighs are of a dullwhite j the quills and tail dusky, edged with dirty white ;the latter somewhat forked: legs dusky. In our bird therump was somewhat reddish, in which it agrees with th&Twite of Mr Pennant, and most probably constitutes onespecies with it and the Mountain Linnet, the diflferencesbeing immaterial, and merely such as might arise from age,food, or other accidental circumstances. The female hasno red on the breast or rump, and the spot on her fore-head is of a saffron colour; her plumage in general isnot so bright as that of the male. 192 BRITISH
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