BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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jEgiothus fascescens Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 380 (monogr.). 



[Linaria'] fuscescens Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 110, no. 7655. 



\_jEgiothus Unarius.'l Var. fuscescens Coues, Key, 1872, 131. 



yEgioihus Unarms . . . var. fuscescens Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 146a. 



jEgiotlms linaria, var. fuscescens Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. X. Am. 



Birds, i, 1874, pi. 22, figs. 3, 5. 

 Fringilla rufescens (not Linaria rj(/V.scf hs Yieillot) Elwes and Buckley, Ibis, 1870, 



193 (Turkey, winter). 

 jEgioihus rufescens Alston and Harvie Brown, Ibis, 1863, 64. 

 Linota rufescens Seebohm and Harvie Brown, Ibis, 1876, 116 (lower Petchora, 



Siberia) . 

 Lin Ota rufescens (?) Blakiston and Prver, Trans. Asiat. Roc. Japan, viii, 1880, 233' 



X, 1882, 174. 

 Xinaria a/Hfr(m/za Maximilian, Journ. fiir. Orn., vi, 1858, 333. 

 Fringilla linaria brevirostris Holmgren, Skand. Fogl., i, 1866, 328. 

 Acanthis intermedius Dybowski, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, viii, 1883, 366. 

 A.[canthis'] innominatus Dybowski, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, viii, 1883, 366 (Kamt- 



schatka). — Reichenow and Schalow, Journ. fiir Orn., xxxiv, 1886, 106. 



ACANTHIS LINARIA HOLBCELLII (Brehm). 

 HOLB(ELL'S REDPOLL. 



Exactly like A. J. linaria in coloration, but averaging- decidedly 

 larger, especially the bill, the latter usually relatively longer. 



Adult maJe.—l^cngi\\ (skins), 118.11-13U.70 (127.25); wing, 72.14- 

 77.47 (75.18); tail, 53.59-59.69 (56.90); exposed culmen, 8.89-10.41 

 (9.91); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.62 (7.37); tarsus, 14.73-16.00 

 (15.24); middle toe, 7.87-9.91 (8.89).^ 



Adult female.— LQngt\i (skins), 120.65-134.62 (125.73); wing, 69.09- 

 76.20 (72.90); tail, 54.86-61.47 (57.15); exposed culmen, 9.65-10.41 

 (9.91); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.62 (7.11); tarsus, 13.97-15.75 

 (14.99); middle toe, 7.62-8.13 (7.87).' 



^ Twenty specimens. 



^ Seven specimens. 



Series from different localities average as follows: 



Locality. 



Wing. 



MALES. 



Five adult males from Bering Island, Kamtschatka. 

 Two adult males from Petropaulski, Kamtscliatka.. 



Four adult males from Hakodadi, Japan 



Three adult males from Krasnoyarsk, Siberia 



Four adult males from Sweden and Norway 



Two adult males from Quebec, Canada 



FEMALES. 



Two adult females from Bering Island 



One adult female from Hakodadi 



Three adult females from Sweden and Norway 



One adult female from Quebec 



One adult female from Hersehel Island (breeding) . 



75.95 

 74.42 

 74.68 

 75.44 

 75.95 

 72.90 



Tail. 



57.40 

 57.15 

 55. 12 

 . 59. 69 

 " 57. 40 

 54.61 



73. 91 58. 67 

 73. 15 I '54. 86 

 73.15 r 57.15 



69.09 



71.12 



55.37 

 54.61 



E.x- 



posed 



culmen, 



10. 16 

 9.40 

 9.65 



10.16 

 9.91 

 9.91 



9.91 + 

 9.65 

 10.16 

 9.91 

 8.89 



Middle 

 toe. 



9.40 

 8.13 

 8.64 

 8.89 

 9.14 

 9.40+ 



8.13 



7.87 

 9.40 



