232 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



b. Bill mori' hli'iKk-r. very iicuto. tlie ileiJth tlirougU base less than depth ot oul- 

 men. WinttJllO or less: tall. ifiOor less. Uah. Arctic Amerlea, except Oreen- 



liiiul: south, in winter to northern U. 8 .1. hontfrnanuii niUufif. 



■i. A. linaria. Bill more Blender, the depth through the base much less than lenKlh 

 of eulnien. Bump heavily streaked with dusky, the latter usually largely prevail- 

 ing. Breast in adult male intense rose-pink. Lower tull-coverts with dusky 

 shafts, 

 n. Wing, 3.00 or less, tall. 2.D0 or loss. Uah. Arctic and subarctic America, except 



Greenland; in winter to U. 8 A. linaria. 



h. Wing usually more than S.0() inches: tiiil. 2.60 or more. Bill much larger and 

 stouter, lessaeutoat lip. Uah. Ureenlund south in winter to northern border 



of U. 8 -1. linaria ruHtrala. 



B. A.lult wltlnmt red patch on crown, or dusky spot on chin. 



:(. A. brewsteri. Above olive-brown, streaked with ilusky, the rump tinged with sul- 

 pluir-ycllow. Below whitish, tinged on juguluni with fulvous yidlow. the sides 

 and crissum streaked with dusky. Wings with Iwu pale fulvdus bands. Wing. 

 3.00; tail. ■J.SO. Ilah. Mussachussetts in winter. (Only one specimen known.) 



Acanthis hornemannii exilipes (Coues). 



HOABY RED POLL. 



Popular Bynonyms. Coues' Redpoll, or Linnet; White-rumped Redpoll. 



FriiioiUa horralin AtTD. Orn. Biog. v, 1839. 87, pi. 400 (iicr ViEtLL). 



Linaria hori-alis AuD. B. Am. iii, 1841, 120, pi. 178 ("<-<■ Temm). 

 ^Kgiothus eiilipi-n CouEs, Proc. Phil. Ac. 1801, ;185; ISftt. 187; 2d Cheek List, 1882. No. 210. 



JEoiothun linaria vur. rj-ilii/es CouES, Key, 1872. K\: Check List. 187:1. No. 14C '/. 



jEgiothuH canesctnn var. eiiliiJes B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874. 4*!. pi. 22 llg. 2. 



jUgiotltxia canescena exilipes RiDow. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, No. 178 a. 

 Acanthis liorneniannii exilipeii Stejneoeb, "The Auk," i, 1884. 152. 



Had. Arctic America (except Greenland) migrating southward in winter to northern 

 Illinois, Massachusetts, etc. 



Sp. Char. Adult male in summer. General color white, this immaculate on rump 

 and lower parts (the sides occasionally streaked, however) ; the jugulum and sides of 

 breast delicate peach-blossom pink, the rump often tinged with the same. Crown crim- 

 son. Occiput, nape, back, and scapulars, grayish brown, streaked with whitish and 

 dusky. Bill dusky. Adult male in irinter. Similar, but plumage more or less sunuscil 

 with fulvous, and the bill yellow, with dusky culmen and gonys. Adult female. Similar 

 to the male, but wfthout the pink on the breast, etc. Wing, about 2.75-3.00; tail, 2.35-2.50. 



The Lesser White-i-umped Eedpoll is a very rare winter visitant 

 to the extreme northern portion of the State. I have seen speci- 

 mens in the collection of Mr. E. W. Nelson, that were collected in 

 the vicinity of Chicago, but I am unable to give dates of their 

 capture. The National Museum likewise possesses specimens from 

 Mount Carroll, collected by Dr. H. Sliimer. This species breeds 

 abundantly thi-oughout the subarctic districts, from northern Labra- 

 dor to western Alaska, whence numerous specimens both of the bird 

 itself and its nest and eggs have been sent to the National Museum; 

 but we have not, as yet, any account of its distinctive habits. 



