AVES. 147 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



N. H. — Uncommon resident above 3000 ft. in White Alts, and 

 north; elsewhere an irregular visitor. 



Vt. — Irregularly common winter visitor, rare in summer in 

 northern part and on higher peaks. Nested at Lunenburg, 1878. 



Mass. — Irregular fall and winter visitor, sometimes common. 

 Oct. 22-May 12 (May 25); (June 4, 1900, Lanesboro; June 13, 

 I860, Newton ville). 



R. I. — Rare and irregular winter visitor. Jan. 14-Feb. 24. 



Conn. — Rare and irregular winter visitor. Nov. 6-Mar. 7. 



275. Acanthis hornemannii exilipes (Coues) Stejneger. 



Hoary redpoll. 



Aegiothus exilipes Coues, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1861, p. 

 385. "Fort Simpson." 



Fringilla borealis Temm. Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1839, vol. 

 5, p. 87, pi. 400. 



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

 nests in low trees. 



Me. — Rare winter visitor: Westbrook, Jan. 26, 1896; eastern 

 Maine (Boardman). 



N. H. — Rare winter visitor: Hampton. 



Vt. — Doubtfully reported. 



Mass. — Rare winter visitor (some ten instances). Nov. 15- 

 Mar. 20. 



276. Acanthis linaria (Linne) Bonaparte and Schlegel. 

 Redpoll; Lesser redpoll; Mealy redpoll. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1901, pt. 1, p. 85. Egg, 

 Seebohm, 1896, p. 246, pi. 57, figs. 6, 7. 



Fringilla linaria Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 182. 

 "in Europa." Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1838, vol. 4, p. 523, 

 pi. 375. 



