148 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



Arctic thickets in summer, open tree growth in winter migrations; 

 nests in low trees. 



Me. — Winter visitor of irregular abundance, and rare summer 

 resident (Calais). Oct. 12-April 27 (May 19, 1875; summer). 



N. H. — Winter visitor of irregular abundance. Nov. 1-April. 



Vt. — Winter visitor of irregular abundance; (nest and three 

 eggs said to have been found in late iVIarch, 1878, at Taftsville). 

 Nov. 11-May 1 (May 11). 



Mass. — Irregularly common fall and winter visitor. (Oct. 16) 



Oct. 25-April 25. 



R. I. — Irregularly common fall and winter visitor. Oct.-Mar. 



25. 



Conn. — Irregularly common fall and winter visitor. Fall- 

 Mar. 31. 



277. AcANTHis LiNARiA HOLBOELLii (C. L. Brelim) Dubois. 

 Holboell's redpoll. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1901, pt. 1, pp. 80, 89. 

 Linaria holhoeUn C. L. Brehm, Handl:). d. naturgesch. aller 

 vogel Deutschl., 1831, p. 280. " in das mittlere Deutschlaxd." 

 Acanthis hoIboeUii Bonaparte and Schlegel, :Monogr. Loxiens, 



1850, p. 50, pi. 53. 



Arctic thickets in summer, open tree growth in winter migrations; 



nests in low trees. 



Me.— Rare winter visitor: Gorham, Feb. 3, 1903; North Bridg- 

 ton, Nov. 25, 1878. 



Mass. — Rare winter visitor: Lexington, Mar. 10, 1890; Swamp- 



scott, two, Mar. 26, 1883. 



278. Acanthis linaria rostrata (Coues) Stejneger. 

 Greater redpoll. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1901, pt. 1, pp. 80, 91. 



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