. A history of British birds . ave brownish edges, hiding theblack at the base, while the black patch on the chin is by thesame means almost wholly obscured. The female is rather smaller than the male, and wants theblack crown; the head, back and wing-coverts greyish olive-brown, the lower parts greyish-white, tinged wdth greenish-yellow on the throat and breast, and the whole plumage excepton the middle of the belly streaked wdth dusky black. Nestlings are without any yellow except on the primariesand a faint tinge on the lower parts, the general colour plumage being a brownish-buff st
. A history of British birds . ave brownish edges, hiding theblack at the base, while the black patch on the chin is by thesame means almost wholly obscured. The female is rather smaller than the male, and wants theblack crown; the head, back and wing-coverts greyish olive-brown, the lower parts greyish-white, tinged wdth greenish-yellow on the throat and breast, and the whole plumage excepton the middle of the belly streaked wdth dusky black. Nestlings are without any yellow except on the primariesand a faint tinge on the lower parts, the general colour plumage being a brownish-buff streaked with dull males, after the first moult, have the black feathersof the crown edged with brown, and the colours generally notso bright as those of the adults. By many systematists this species has been separatedfrom the genus CnrdueUs and placed in that of Chrysomitrissuggested in 1828 by Friedrich Boie for its reception—a stepin favour of which much may be urged. I PASSE RES. MEALY REDPOLL. LiNOTA LiNAEiA (Linnaeus *.)THE MEALY REDPOLL. Linota canescens f. LiNOTA J.—Bill hard, nearly conical, but slightly swollen ; the point slenderand sharp. Nostrils basal, lateral, round, and hidden more or less by projectingand recurved plumes. Gape nearly straight. Wings long, somewhat pointed ;the first primary finely attenuated and so small as to seem wanting, the second,third, and fourth nearly equal, and either the second or third the longest in thewing. Tail rather long and forked. Tarsus short, scutellate in front, coveredat the side by a single plate. Toes stout. Claws moderate. The Mealy Redpoll, figured above, has beeu regardedby some ornithologists as merely a large race or variety ofthe Lesser Redpoll, the well-known British bird next to bedescribed; but convenience requires the treatment of the twoas entitled to distinction, and, as will presently appear, it isthe smaller and with us the commoner form that, if they areaccounted inseparable
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