FINCHES 



ovorlianging crafj:. It is made of small weed 

 stalks, moss, fine grass and feathers. 



^ Redpoll Acanthis linaria inaria. 

 ^^ 4.90 



Distribution: More northern portions of 

 northern hemisphere. In North America 

 breeding from Greenland to Alaska and 

 southward to the northern border of the 

 United States. In winter south to northern 

 United States generally, irregularly and more 

 rarely to Virginia, northern Alabama, Ohio, 

 Indiana, Kansas, Colorado, Washington and 

 Oregon. 



Redpolls are circumpolar in their distri- 

 bution, living as they do in the region of ice 

 and snow. They nest in the stunted cedars 

 about Hudson Bay and south and w^est to 

 the northern border of the United States. 



In severe winters they drift south to middle 

 United States, and along the Pacific Coast 

 may often be found as far south as California 

 in the Sierra Nevadas. In exceptional cases 

 they have been found in the valleys in small 

 flocks visiting weed patches and old gardens 

 for the lettuce and turnip seed to be found 

 there. They are also fond of the seeds of the 

 alder and birch, and have the curious and 

 interesting habit of following the crossbill to 

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