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Linota exilipes, Newton, Zool. 1877, p. 6 ; Brooks, Ibis, 1885, p. 382. 

 Linaria sibirica, Homeyer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 185 (ex Setertz. MSS.). 

 Linaria palleseens, Homeyer, J.f. 0. 1880, p. 156. 

 Linota linaria (iiec L.), Blakist. $ Pryer, B. Japan, p. 174 (1882). 

 Linota sibirica, Homeyer § Tancre, MT. Orn. rer. Wien, 1883, 



p. 89. 

 Acanthis hornernanni exilipes, Stejneger, Auk, i. p. 152 (1884) ; 



Turner, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mas. viii. p. 239 (1885) ; Stejneger, Bull. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 258 (1886) ; A. O. XT. Check-list N. 



Amer. B. p. 260 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above hoary white, with blackish centres 

 to the feathers, the lower back purer white ; the rump uniform white 

 with a strong rosy tinge ; lesser wing-coverts brown ; median coverts 

 and greater coverts blackish, edged with brown and tipped with white, 

 the latter more broadly ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 blackish brown, edged with pale brown, hoary white on the quills, 

 the secondaries more broadly edged ; upper tail-coverts white, with 

 brown centres ; tail-feathers blackish brown, edged with white, 

 both internally and externally ; hinder crown like the back ; fore- 

 head and sinciput deep crimson ; feathers over the eye hoary white, 

 forming an eyebrow ; nasal plumes and a line across the base of the 

 forehead hoary white ; lores dusky blackish ; feathers round the 

 eye, ear-coverts, and cheeks whitish, the latter with a rosy tinge ; 

 chin black ; throat and remainder of under surface white ; the 

 throat, fore neck, and breast suffused with pink : sides of body and 

 flanks white, streaked with dusky blackish ; thighs brown ; under 

 tail-coverts white, with concealed dusky bases ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, with dusky bases ; quills below dusk)', white 

 along the inner edge : " bill orange-yellow, the culmen and tip of 

 genya blackish: feet blackish brown; iris dark brown " (Stejneger). 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 3, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-55. 



The difference in colour of the sexes and the various changes are 

 the same as the corresponding ones in the Mealy lledpoll. 



Hub. From Northern Scandinavia across Siberia and throughout 

 Northern America. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Finmark, Feb. 11, 1880. Christiania Museum. 



(Wing 2-75.) 



b. $ ad. sk. Vadso, Norway, June 25, 1874 Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



(II. SX (Wing 2-85.) [P.]. 



c. c? ad. sk. Bodo, Norway (T~. Godman). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Wing 3.) 

 rf.c?ad.sk. Lapland (II. Wheelwright). Gould Coll. 



(Wing 29.) 

 e. cJ ad. sk. Quicldoek, Lapland. April 21, Goidd Coll. 



1862 (IT. TF.). (Wing 305.) 

 /. 2 ad. sk. Moscow, Jan. 10. (Wing 29.) Dr. Lenz [C.]. 



g, h. <$ ad. sk. Moscow, Feb. (Wings 2 - 85- Dr. Lenz [C. |. 



295.) 

 i, k. 5 ad. sk. Moscow, Feb. (Winjr 2-8.) Dr. Lenz [C.]. 



/, in. tf ad. sk. Moscow, March. (Wings 2-9- Dr. Lenz |~C 1. 



3.) 



