. British birds . ndgracefully down, uttering a series of beautiful notes and trills. A furze-bush is the site most often selected for the nest; this isformed of fine dry grass and fibres, and lined with wool and vege-table down, sometimes with hair. Four to six eggs are laid, chalkywhite, and faintly tinged with blue in ground-colour, and spottedwith light reddish brown and purplish red. After the breeding season the linnets unite in large flocks, andat this time there is a southward movement, and large numbersundoubtedly leave this coimtry to winter elsewhere. But even inthe cold season they
. British birds . ndgracefully down, uttering a series of beautiful notes and trills. A furze-bush is the site most often selected for the nest; this isformed of fine dry grass and fibres, and lined with wool and vege-table down, sometimes with hair. Four to six eggs are laid, chalkywhite, and faintly tinged with blue in ground-colour, and spottedwith light reddish brown and purplish red. After the breeding season the linnets unite in large flocks, andat this time there is a southward movement, and large numbersundoubtedly leave this coimtry to winter elsewhere. But even inthe cold season they are common enough, and their fitful winter-evening concerts, when they congregate on a tree-top before settlingdown for the night, are as pleasant to listen to as the love-song ofthe male heard in spring among the blossoming furze and broom. Lesser Redpoll. Linota nifescens. Forehead, lore, and throat black; crown deep crimson; upperparts reddish brown with dusky streaks ; wmgs and tail dusky, L 140 BBITI8H BIBBS. Fig. 48.—Lesser Eedpoll. i natural size. edged with pale reddish brown ; breast glossy rose-red, passing intolight chestnut-brown on the sides ; belly and lower tail-coverts dull white. Female: lessbright. Length, fiveand a quarter inches. The redpoll, orredpole, as it is oftenwritten, is a pretty andinteresting little birdof the northern partsof Great Britain. Ithas been described bySeebohm as an im-mature linnet in ap-pearance, but resemb-ling a siskin in itshabits. It is usuallycalled the lesser red-poll, because it is slightly less in size than the continental redpoll,which sometimes visits this country in winter. This last sub-species is the mealy redpoll {Linota linaria). A third form ofthis wide-ranging Uttle bird, the Greenland redpoll {Linota horne-manni), has been included in the list of British birds on account ofa single specimen having been obtained in this country. In its lively disposition, its flight, and to some extent ia its lan-guage, the redpoll
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