. A history of British birds . VOL. II. 146 PASSERES. PRINGILLIDiE. FRINGILLID^.. LiNOTA RUFESCENS (VieiUot*).THE LESSER REDPOLL. Linota Imariaj-. The Lesser, and with us tlie more common, Redpoll is thesmallest of the British Finches, and is generally distinguishedfrom the preceding, not only hy its size, hut hy its darkerand more rufous colouring—the replacement especially of thewhitish hars on the wings and of the mealy rump by thelatter being nearly always perceptible. As already premised,many writers have taken this bird to be the Fringllla Una via ofLinnaeus and have used that epithet fo
. A history of British birds . VOL. II. 146 PASSERES. PRINGILLIDiE. FRINGILLID^.. LiNOTA RUFESCENS (VieiUot*).THE LESSER REDPOLL. Linota Imariaj-. The Lesser, and with us tlie more common, Redpoll is thesmallest of the British Finches, and is generally distinguishedfrom the preceding, not only hy its size, hut hy its darkerand more rufous colouring—the replacement especially of thewhitish hars on the wings and of the mealy rump by thelatter being nearly always perceptible. As already premised,many writers have taken this bird to be the Fringllla Una via ofLinnaeus and have used that epithet for it; but, apart fromthe consideration that his diagnosis absolutely excludes itfrom being so regarded, there is the still stronger fact thatour Lesser Redpoll is unknown as a native of Sweden, andtherefore cannot be the bird which he describes as frequent-ing the alder-groves of that country, though from the synonymshe cites it is certain that he was not aware of the difference * Linaria rufescens, Yieillot, Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze diTorino, xxiii. Sc. F
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