474 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



Labrador, June 15th, 1894. The nests were built in willows two or 

 three feet from the ground and contained five eggs each, which are 

 easily distinguished from the common redpoll by their larger size. 

 This bird is more abundant in south Greenland. (W. Raine.) 



Goldfinch, 



Carduelis elegans Stephens. 1826. 



A male European goldfinch was collected May 21st, 1887, by 

 Daniel S. Cox, about a mile north of Toronto city limits — one out 

 of four — while resting on the top of a beech tree. The remaining 

 three flew off in a northerly direction. The birds were evidently 

 in a natural condition and migrants from the south, doubtless from 

 the New York colony. {William Brodie in The Auk, Vol. V., p. 211.) 



CCXV. ASTRAGALINUS Cabanis. 1851. 



529. American Goldfinch. 



Astragalinus tristis (Linn.) Cab. 1851. 



Kumlien caught an adult male on shipboard off Cape Mugford, 

 Labrador (?), August 22nd, 1877; occurs in southern portions of 

 Labrador. Nelson writes that a bird called a "goldfinch" was 

 described accurately and asserted to occur occasionally at Fort 

 Chimo, but he did not succeed in finding it. {Packard.) A com- 

 mon summer migrant in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Heard but not 

 seen along the Humber river, Newfoundland, 1899. {Louis H. 

 Porter.) Common ; a few remain all winter in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) 

 A few seen at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton island, July, 

 1898; one pair seen on Winsloe road. Prince Edward island, July 

 2ist, 1888. {Macoun.) A few seen almost daily when on Prince 

 Edward island. {Dwight.) Mr. Bayley says it is common at Sydney, 

 Cape Breton island, breeding late in June; first seen. May 24th, 1891 . 

 (C. R. Harte.) Fairly common throughout the year in Nova Scotia. 

 {H. F. Tufts.) An abundant summer resident in New Brunswick. 

 {Chamberlain.) Irregular in arriving in spring at Scotch Lake, York 

 county, N.B.; coming from February i6th to May 28th; departing 

 from October to December. Its nests are placed in deciduous 

 bushes and trees, the eggs number from 3-5. I have seen a nest so 

 compactly built that during a heavy shower in July it nearly filled 



