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Linaria alnorum mngnirostris Meves, Journ. fiir Orn., 1880, 155. 



Linaria hrunnescens Homeyer, Journ. fiir Orn., xxvii, April, 1879, 184, part (Swe- 

 den; Lapland). 



A.[canthis'] intcrmedius Dybowski, Bull. Soc. France, 1883, 365, in text (Kamts- 

 chatka) . 



ACANTHIS LINARIA ROSTRATA (Coues). 

 GREATER REDPOLL. 



Similar to ^i. linaria holbcellii, with the same seasonal changes, etc., 

 but much larger and with a relatively thicker and more obtuse bill; 

 coloration rather darker and browner, with the dusky stripes on sides 

 and flanks usuall}^ heavier or l)roader; adult male with the pink or red 

 of chest, etc., apparent!}' less extensive as well as less intense. 



Adult male.^hength (skins), 127.00-151.89 (138.18); wing, 77.17- 

 83.82 (80.52); tail, 55.37-65.53 (59.91); exposed culmen, 8.89-10.41 

 (9.91); depth of bill at base, 7.37-7.87 (7.02); tarsus, 15.75-17.53 

 (16.51); middle toe, 9.11-10.11 (9.65).^ 



Adult fe7nale.— length (skins), 127.00-113.51 (133.60); wing, 75.69- 

 81.28 (78.23); tail, 56.39-62.99 (58.67); exposed culmen, 8.89-10.67 

 (9.65); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.87 (7.62); tarsus, 15.2tl-17.53 

 (16.26); middle toe, 8.61-10.16 (9.11).' 



Breedingand resident in Greenland; in winter southwestward through 

 Un^ava (Fort Chimo, Sept. 1 to May 1), Labrador, and Provinces of 

 Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba to Massachusetts (common), south- 

 eastern New York (lower Hudson Valley), northern Indiana (Starke 

 Co.), Michigan, northern Illinois (Lake Co.), Colorado (near Mag- 

 nolia), etc. 



Fringllla Unarla (not of Linnpeus) Reinhardt, Ibis, 1861, 7 (Greenland). 

 ^Egiothus rostraiits Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 378 (s. Greenland; U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. ). — Reinhardt, Yid. Medd. For. Kjobenhavn, 1875, 187 (Green- 

 land ; crit. ) . 

 Acanthi s linaria rostrata Stejseger, Auk, i, Apr., 1884, 153 (crit.; synonj-my). — 

 Turner, Proc. U. S. Nat. :\Ius., viii, 1885, 240 (Fort Chimo, Ungava, Sept. 1 to 

 May 1). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 6286. — 

 Thompson, Trans. Canad. Inst., iii, 1892, 29 (Toronto, Feb.; Lome Park, 

 Ontario, Nov.).— Powers, Auk, xiv, 1897, 219 (Gardiner, Maine, Dec. 30).— 

 Knight, Bull. no. 3, Univ. Maine, 1897, 93 (Gardiner, Kennebec Co., Maine, 

 Dec. 30, 1896).— Butler, Birds Indiana, 1897, 924 (Starke Co., Indiana, 1 

 spec. Jan. 1).— Cooke, Bull. no. 44, Colorado A-gvie. Coll., 1898, 165 (near 

 Magnolia, Colorado, alt. 7,500 ft., 1 spec. Dec. 9, 1895). 

 A. [canihus'] linaria rostratu Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 397. 

 [AcantMs linaria.} Subsp. /i. Acanthisrostrata Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 



1888, 251 (Lichtenfels, Greenland; Chicago, Illinois). 

 [Linarial hornemanni (not Linota horncmanni Holboll) Gray, Hand-list, ii, 18*0, 



110, no. 7654, part. 

 Linota hornemanni (not of Holboll) Dresser, Birds Europe, pt. Ivi, 1876, ])1. 190, 

 lower fig. (vol. iv, p. 55, part). 



^ Fifteen specimens. '•' Nine specimens. 



