. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . y grayishness of the upperparts sufficiently distinguishes the Mealy Redpoll fromthe Lesser Redpoll even if the bulkier form of theformer escape notice. LINNET—5| inches ; gray nape; no black on face or —5 inches; hair brown above, streaked with darlcbrown; white in wings and tail conspicuous duringflight; no black on face or chin; bill yellow. CROSSBILL. — Plate 50. Length, 6 J head and body red; wings and tail : yellowish-green in place of red. Mandibleshooked and crossed. Resident and wi
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . y grayishness of the upperparts sufficiently distinguishes the Mealy Redpoll fromthe Lesser Redpoll even if the bulkier form of theformer escape notice. LINNET—5| inches ; gray nape; no black on face or —5 inches; hair brown above, streaked with darlcbrown; white in wings and tail conspicuous duringflight; no black on face or chin; bill yellow. CROSSBILL. — Plate 50. Length, 6 J head and body red; wings and tail : yellowish-green in place of red. Mandibleshooked and crossed. Resident and winter migrant. Eggs.—4—5, white faintly tinged with green,marked sparingly with two shades of reddish-brown;•9 x-66 inch (plate 125). Nest.—Of roots and dry grass upon a base oftwigs, lined with a little moss and a few feathers,and placed, usually at a considerable height from theground, on the branch of a fir, as a rule close to thetrunk. Distribution.—Principally in pine woods of Scot-land ; also in similar situations in Ireland; England prate Plate 49.
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