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Mackinac Island, where it probably breeds; " breeds in Northern Wisconsin and 

 Northern Peninsula of Michigan" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); this bird is a rather 

 fine singer. 



Genus ACANTHIS Beoh. 



-23-528-(207). Acauthis litiarin (Linn.). * Redpoll; Common or Lesser Red- 

 poll; REDPOLii Linnet. 



Occasional winter resident; November to March or April; flocks; "irregularis 

 abundant at Ann Arbor, there were thousands in 1888, very rare since" (Dr. J. B. 

 Steere); '"never saw it at Port Sanilac'" (W. A. Oldfield); "often common in Lena- 

 wee Co.'' (A. H. Boies); "I have one in my collection from Cheboygan " (N. A. Eddy); 

 ••common in winter at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" 

 (Kneeland); I have it reported from Thunder Bay Island; very sweet singer; feeds 

 mostly on buds and seeds, especially seeds of the arbor vitae. 



•224-o28b-(2(>8 part). Acanthis linaria rostrata (CoMe.s.). *The Greater Redpoll. 



" Occasional straggler taken in flocks of last species " (Dr. M. Gibbs). Dr. Gibbs" 

 •pecimen taken at Kalamazoo was identified by Mr. Robert Ridgway. These birds 

 are often given as Acanthis linaria holboellii, which is without doubt an error (see 

 Butler's Birds of Indiana, p. 69). 



Gentjs SPINUS Kooh. 



225-529-(213). Spiiius tristis (Z/inn.), * American Goldfinch; Yellow Bird; 

 Thistle Bird. 



Very common; thi-oughout the Lower Peninsula; every month in the year; more 

 common in summer; yellow in summer, darker in autumn and winter; occasional 

 in midwinter; in fall and winter feeds on seeds; gregarious at all seasons except 

 while breeding; but the the largest flocks occur in winter" (E. L. Moseley); "Grand 

 Traverse Co." (M. L. Leach); "common at Albion, St. Joseph and Palmer" (O. B. 

 Warren); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "common summer resi- 

 dent at Mackinac Island'' (S. E. White); "not seen in Upper Peninsula" (A. H. 

 Boies); " nests in shade tress about Bay City and seen by me in Richmond Town- 

 ship the present month, September" (N. A. Eddy); breeds; nests in July and 

 August; Robt. H. Wolcott took a nest with young in it August 6, and of eggs 

 August 13. 189.3, at New Baltimore; "never before July" (R. H. Wolcott); "usually 

 as late as July and often in August and September'' (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); we 

 have found nests with five eggs September 10, one reported found September 28. 

 1888 (O. and O., Vol. XIV. 1889); nests in orchard trees and occasionally in low 

 shrubs; eggs three to six, bluish white; Dr. H. A. Atkins and Mr. L. W. Watkins 

 have both reared the young by putting the eggs under a common canary. 



226-533-(212). Hpiniis pinns (Wils.). Pine Siskin; Pine Linnet; Pine Finch. 



Rather rare; throughout the state; "rare at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); 

 " common in Wayne Co." (B. H. Swales); " I took one specimen at Port Sanilac in 

 the winter of 1892-93" (W. A. Oldfield); "transient in Monroe Co., often I'n flocks 

 in spring even to April and May'' (Jerome Trombley); ''very abundant in the pine 

 forests north and often seen in southern counties" (Dr. M. Gibbs); winter; "rare 

 at Albion, but common in spring and fall at Palmer, Marquette Co." (O. B. War- 



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