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near Lawrence, Kan., within fifty miles of our western state line. 

 Since the above was written Mr. E. Seymour Woodruff secured 

 a female from among American Crossbills in Shannon Co., 

 April 18, 1907. 



528. AcANTHis LiNARiA (Linn.). Redpoll. 



Fringilla linaria. AegiotJms linaria. Linaria minor. Aegiothus fusces- 

 cens. 



Geog. Dist. — More northern portions of northern hemisphere; 

 breeding from the islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence northward. 

 In winter to northern United States, irregularly to Virginia, 

 northern Alabama, southern Ohio and Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, 

 Colorado, southeastern Oregon and coast of Washington. 



In Missouri an irregular, sometimes fairly common, winter 

 visitant. Earliest dates, November 4 and 5, 1885, Mt. Carmel; 

 November 18, 1903, New Haven. Latest dates April 1, 1885, 

 April 8, 1886, Mt. Carmel and April 12, 1903, Montgomery City. 

 The species is also reported from Kansas City, February 21, to 

 24, 1882, and repeatedly from Keokuk where it is sometimes 

 abundant. It has on several occasions been met with in the 

 city of St. Louis, visiting gardens, feeding on the seeds of com- 

 positae, chiefly in January and February. There are at present 

 no records from southern Missouri. 



*529. AsTRAGALiNUS TRiSTis (Linn.). American Goldfinch. 



Fringilla tristis. Spinus tristis. Carduelis tristis. Chrysomitris tristis. 

 Carduelis americana. Wild Canary. Thistle-bird. Salad-bird. 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, breeding from Virginia, 

 Kentucky and Kansas northward to Newfoundland, Labrador, 

 Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba; west to Alberta, Wyoming 

 and Colorado ; south in winter to southern United States, some 

 remaining even in the northern states and Ontario. 



In Missouri a fairly common summer resident in open districts, 

 rare in the more densely wooded portions of the state. For 

 nesting it prefers the neighborhood of human habitation from 

 the middle of May to the end of August but likes to rove in troops 

 the remainder of the year. It is also not a rare, but irregular, 

 winter visitant in small troops, associated with other fringil- 

 lidae such as Tree Sparrows, Purple Finches, Juncos, in migra- 

 tion, also with Yellow-rumped Warblers, Pine Piskins and 

 others. It feeds preferably on seeds of composites, but also on 



