250 



FEIXGILLIDJE. 



7T. 2 a, i• s ^' 



p. S ad. sk. 



a-. 2 ad. sk. 



t. S ad. sk. 



v. $ ad. sk. 



4>. $ ad. sk. 

 x , ^. 2 ad. sk. 



a>. c? ad. sk. 

 a'. J ad. sk. 



/3',y',8'. Skeletons. 

 (', ('■ Skulls. 



S. Stephen's, New Brunswick, 



( G. A. Boardman ; Sm. no. 



77105). (Wing 285.) 

 New Brunswick (Osburn). 



(Wing 2-8.) 

 Fort George (Drexler ; Sm. 



no. 20049). (Wing 2-75.) 

 New Haven, Conn., Jan. 2, 



1878 (H. Warner). 

 Riversdale, Illinois, March 11, 



1875 (F. W. Nelson). 



(Wing 2 8.) 

 Stark Co., Indiana (H. K. 



Cuale). (Wing 30.) 

 Stark Co., Indiana, Jan. 1, 



1884 (J£.K. Code). (Wings 



2-75-2-8.) _ _ 

 Colville, British Columbia. 



(Wing 80.). 

 Quebec, District Columbia 



(Sm. no. 294507). (Wing 

 30.) 

 N. America. 

 S. Germany. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.] 

 R. B. feharpe, Esq. 



[P.J. 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Purchased. 



Dr. Gunther [C.]. 



Subsp. a. Acanthis holboelli. 



Linaria holboelli, Brehm, Vbg. Deutschl. p. 280(1831) ; Svmdev. (Eft. 



K. Vet.-Akad. Fih-h. Stockh. 1840, p. 59 ; Gray, Hand-!. B. ii. p. 110, 



no. 7052 (L s 70) ; Fallon, Ois. Be/;/, p. 105, note ( 1875) ; Homeyer, 



J. f. O. 1879, p. 184 ; Dyboicski, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, viii. 



p. 305 (1883). 

 Linaria alnorum, Brehm. Fog. DeutscM. p. 2S0 (1831) ; Sundev. CEfv. 



K. Vet.-Akad. Fori,. Sto l./i. 1840, p. •"'.>. 

 Frin°-illa linaria alnorum, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Stockh. 



1840, p. 59. 

 Fringilla canescens (nee Gould), Selys-Longch. Faune Beige, p. 73 



(1842,. 

 Acanthis holboelli, Bp. 8f Schl. Monogr. Zo.riens, pi. 53 (1850) ; Bp. 



Comp. i. p. 541 (1850); Selys-Longch. Her. Zool. 1857, p. 120; 



Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool, France, i. p. 180 (1876). 

 Linaria longirostris, Brehm, Vogelf. p. 107 (1855). 

 yEgiothus holboelli, Coves, Proc. Phi/ad, Acad. 1801, p. 385. 

 Frinsrilla linaria magnirostris, Holmgr. SJcand. Foyl. i. p. 328 (1806). 

 Linaria brunnescens, Homeyer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 184. 

 Linaria alnorum magnirostris, Meves, teste Homeyer, J.f. O. 1880, 



p. 155. 

 Acanthis linaria holboelli, Stejneycr, Auk, i. p. 153 (1884) ; A. O. U. 



Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 200 (1880) ; Stejneger, Bull, U. S. Nat. 



Mus. no. 28, p. 250 (1880). 



Adult male. Similar to A. linctria, but larger and with a very- 

 much larger bill. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-9, 

 tail 2-2, tarsus 0-5. 



Tbe changes of plumage and the differences in the colour of the 

 sexes are tbe same as in the Mealy Redpoll. 



Professor Newton suggests that the lengthened bill which charac- 



