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«fi d»c r e fe r ti» • t %k m »maiion «.*f ;i great .number of
rd as truly dwt«»-* $mm fib? lesser Kedpolè ; although p must be confessed, that to
vould appear *o distinguish it front that bird. ■ Independently of a marked superiority it
| white ramp, the broad band across the yving, the lighter stripe Over tlfe eye
general paleness and mealy appearance of the plumage at once tend to hear us, out in mu* opinion,
so as these eircumstances are not accidental, but occur regularly in all the Mdividum* « l icit we
opportunities-o f examining. In our views on the subject ve are borne out by the' concurring op
many ornithologists >f the present day who are 'deservedly enimentTor the closeness "tìJd accaraev
researches. Hie practical birdwatchers iw the «eighbourJiood of Lon don hare no doubts on the sol
have ever been iu th& habit of regarding the Mealy Rtvjpole as truly distinct. They also assert that
from the. Lesser Redpole in its habits,, marniere, and in the situations it frequents* &> ahd ¿hat duri
winters it is so scarce as seldom to be taken, while at others it is so abundant that flocks o f hunt
frequently seen- About the year 1829 it was particularly abundant and was taken in great quant:
«nice that period it has occurred in far Jess nnmbere, so much so that onlv one o r two have beet
««ken by any one person imdng the season. Whether this species is truly a native o f Europe, or
■those: which occur in o ar Mmnd .ara arrivals from the ■ northern • portions o f the America- contini
flatter o f doubt? true it is, fritjp tfe# ^ceùnemt teóftgfat home bv Dr. BSittfeurdsor., f i l i t i w«-».*
J fP ^ S o n s give • • v.
knowledge o f this bird, and espedafiy osf the changes wjmtb il undergo*'*, w-sii iv •. i , .
whether the specific term o f comsecm must eventually stand or fob.
The Plate represents an adult, taken «rfVlKrtdw. o f the «¡«"¡■’it!