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 March, 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. Fail- 

 Mar. 31. 



277. Acanthis linaria holboellii (C. L. Brehm) Dubois. 

 Holboell's redpoll. 



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



Linaria holboellii C. L. Brehm, Handb. d. naturgesch. aller 

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



Acanthis holboellii 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. inns., 1901, pt. 1, pp. 80, 91. 



