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bill. (Wing averaging less than 3.00 in males, less tliau 2.95 in 

 females.) 

 d}. Smaller (length about 4.50-5.00), -with proportionally smaller bill. 

 Male: Wing 2.S0-3.05 (2.91), tail 2.20-2.50 (2.3.3)^ exposed cul- 

 nien .32-.38 (.35), depth of bill at base .22-.27 (.24), tarsus .55- 

 .60 (.57), middle toe .33-.35 (.34). Female: AVing 2.75-2.90 

 (2.84), tail 2.20-2 40 (2.31), exposed culmen .30-.37 (.34), depth 

 of bill at base .20-.25 (.22), tarsus .55-.60 (.58), middle toe .30- 

 .32 (.31). £"(7^5 .69 X -48. Hah. Northern portions of northern 

 hemisphere, except Greenland and certain seacoast districts ; 

 in Xorth America migrating south, in winter, to about 40'. 



528. A. linaria (Linn.). Redpoll. 

 d'. Lai'gcr (length about 5.00-5.25), with proportionally larger bill. 

 Male : Wing 2.85-3 05 (2.96), tail 2.25-2.45 (2.34)' exposed cul- 

 men .35-.43 (.39), depth of bill at base .25-.30 (.28), tarsus .58- 

 .62 (.60). Female : Wing 2.80-3.00 (2.89), tail 2.25-2.50 (2.33), 

 exposed culmen .35-.43 (.40), depth of bill at base .27-.30 (.28), 

 tarsus .55-60 (.58). Ifab. Northern coasts of Europe and 

 Asia (Norway to Japan), and portions of coast of Alaska ; also 

 occurring in winter in vicinity of Quebec' 



528rt. A. linaria holbcellii Brehji. Holboell's Redpoll. 

 c'. Larger (length about 5.25-5.75), with proportionally shorter, thicker, 

 and less acute bill. (Wing averaging more than 3.15 in males, 

 more than 3.05 in females ; colors also usually darker than in A. 

 linaria and A. holbcellii, the lateral lower parts usually much more 

 broadly or heavily striped.) 3Lile : Wing 3.05-3.30 (3.18), tail 2.35- 

 2.70 (2.53), exposed culmen .32-.42 (.37), depth of bill at base .25- 

 .30 (.28), tarsus .60-.70 (.65), middle toe .30-.40 (.36). Female: 

 Wing 2.95-3.25 (3.08), tail 2.40-2.60 (2.51), exposed culmen .33-.42 

 (.37). depth of bill at base .25-.30 (.28). tarsus .60-.68 (.63), middle 

 toe .35-.38 (.37). Hab. Southern Greenland in summer, migrating 

 south, in winter, through Labrador to (sparingly) the northern 

 border of the United States (New England, lower Hudson Yalley, 

 northern Illinois, etc.), and west to Manitoba. 



528/). A. linaria rostrata (Coues). Greater Redpoll. 

 (?'. Adults without red on top of head, or dusky spot on chin, and with portions of 

 the plumage tinged with sulphur-yellow. 

 Adult female (male unknown) : Above olive-brownish, streaked with dusky, 

 the rump tinged with pale sulphur-yellow; beneath whitish, f:\intly 

 tinged with dull buffj- or pale fulvous on chest, the sides and lower tail- 

 coverts streaked with duskj- ; wings with two pale fulvous bands across 



' The only Amcricnn specimens of this form that I have seen are fire from Kiuliak (breeding birds) and 

 the same number from Quebec (winter specimens). It cannot, of course, be stated where the latter came from, 

 their mijration from the northwestward or from the eastward (possibly Newfoundland) through tho St. 

 Lawrence Valley being equally possible. 



