THE REDPOLE OR ROSE LINNET.
To the Editor. Sir,—The birds referred to by your correspondent in your columns of the 28th inst., also on show in Messrs Wilkins and Field's window, are the real English rose linnet, better known as red poles. They are harmless, as harmless as the goldfinch, chaffinch, or hedge-sparrow. They are, mostly found in barren or manuka scrubby country, and never visit towns or trouble seeds planted in soil. Perhaps the recent bad weather has compelled them to do so on this occasion. I first noticed these birds making their appearance in Nelson about the middle of 1901, and since then they have increased considerably about the Lud, South Maitai, and Dun Mountain, and have come from the south. The bird with the pink and red breast is not the cock bird, as only one or two here and there have the red breast, and not till they are four years of age does this change take place.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 1 October 1907, Page 1
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162THE REDPOLE OR ROSE LINNET. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 1 October 1907, Page 1
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