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Labrador; none to be seen from May 15th to September ist of 

 each year. (Packard.) This species is not uncommon in eastern 

 Quebec, mixed up in the flocks of A. linaria. (Dionne.) One speci- 

 men taken at Moose Factory, James bay, is in the National Museum 

 at Washington. (E. A . Preble.) 



A specimen taken by j\Ir. Kay at Port Sydney, Muskoka district, 

 on April 14th, 1890, was identified at Washington as this subspecies. 

 (/. H. Fleming.) Three specimens, one male, taken March 3rd, 

 and a male and female taken March 15th, 1888, at Lome park, near 

 Toronto, Ont., were determined to be this form by Mr. Ridgway. 

 (E. T. Seton in Trans. Can. Inst., III., 1892, p. 64.) This species 

 is quite regularly taken among the visiting redpolls in Manitoba. 

 (Atkinson.) One specimen of this race was taken on the Kowak 

 river, April loth, 1899. (Grinnell.) Breeding on Herschell island 

 and other Arctic islands. (Ridgway.) 



528h. Greater RedpolL 



Acanthis linaria rostrata (CouEs) Stein. 1884. 



Said to breed generally throughout Greenland, suitable localities 

 being of course understood, but is migratory there, (Arct. Man.) A 

 specimen of what seems to be this species was taken by Mr. A. P. 

 Low ofif the Labrador coast. (Rev. G. Eifrig.) Occasionally met 

 with in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Among a number of 

 redpolls from Parry Sound district examined by Mr. Ridgway were 

 specimens intermediate between this species and A. linaria. I have, 

 however, seen typical specimens from Muskoka; occurs in Toronto 

 regularly in flocks of A. linaria. (J. H. Fleming.) Among a num- 

 ber of redpolls sent to Washington for determination by Mr. Ridg- 

 way is a young male taken at Toronto by Mr, Cross on February 

 loth, 1890, and an adult female taken at Lome park, November 

 9th, 1899, which were pronounced the greater redpoll. ( E. T. Seton 

 in Trans. Can. Inst., III., 1892, p. 64.) Very rare at Aweme, Man. 

 (Criddle.) A few specimens have been taken at Portage la Prairie 

 from among large mixed flocks of redpolls. (Atkinson.) 



Breeding Notes. — A few pairs breed in northern Labrador, 

 though its summer home is in Greenland. I have three sets of eggs 

 of this bird that were collected by Mr. Ford at Ungava bay, northern 



