538 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



"A northern species that visits New Jersey in loose flocks 

 about November, and remains throughout the winter. It has 

 been supposed to breed in the State, but it is doubtful. Strictly 

 inoffensive."— [C. C. A.] 



L. leucoptera, Gmel. White-winged Crossbill. 



Male rose red ; white wing bars ; female brownish olive, 

 speckled with dusky ; rump yellow. Length, 6 J inches ; tail, 

 2| inches. 



" Not as common as the above, with which it is generally 

 fojmd associated. Like the above, it may breed in this State, 

 but it is not probable. Graminivorous. Strictly inoffensive." 



ACANTHIS, Bechst. 



(^giothus— Abbott's Catalogue.) 



A. linaria, L. Lesser Eedpoll Linnet. 



Crown crimson in both sexes ; throat, breast and rump rosy 

 in male ; chin blackish ; much streaked above. Length, 5f 

 inches ; tail, 2| inches. 



"A northern species that visits New Jersey during severe win- 

 ters, and frequently in large numbers. In a measure gregarious. 

 Graminivorous. Strictly inoffensive." 



A. linaria rostrata, Cones. Greater Redpoll. 



Colors darker and size larger than preceding. A Greenland 

 form that comes south as far as the lower Hudson valley in 

 winter. 



A. brewsteri, Ridg. Brewster's Linnet. 



With no red on top of head ; rump rosy in male, yellow ia 

 female ; is represented by a single specimen taken in Massachu- 

 setts in 1870, and is mentioned here that hunters in the north- 

 eastern parts of the State may be on the lookout. Should any 

 specimens be found they will be of great scientific importance. 



SPINUS, Koch. 



(Chrysomitris, Boie.) 

 S. tristis, L. Yellow Bird. Thistle Bird. American Goldfinch. 



Male rich yellow; rump whitish , white wing bars; black on 

 crown, wings and tail; female more olivaceous; fall plumage 



