WOODLAND BIRDS. 49 



No. 49, REDPOLL. 



Genus: Acanthis. Species: A. linaria. 



Distribution: 



A more or less irregular winter visitor. 



Date of Arrival: 

 November. 



Date of Departure: 

 April. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts fuscous brown, darkly streaked, crown carmine, 

 rump rosy streaked with dusky; under parts whitish, dusky 

 marked, wings and tail darker, white bars on former. Adult 

 male, sides of breast rosy. Bill pale, feet dark. Length 

 about 5.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



Much like those of the goldfinch, and a few diflerent notes. 



Haunts: 



Especially birch growth. 



