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207. Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm). Crossbill. 



JuDD, 1917, p. 22; rare visitor, a juvenile specimen taken in August, 1891. 



The only specimen I saw with data was in the Williams Collection, taken 

 at Grafton, June 18, 1910, by Mr. Williams. Mr. Russell Reid, in a letter 

 of January 4, 1922, says he saw the American crossbill at Bismarck in Sep- 

 tember, 1919. 



208. Loxia leiicoptera Gmelin. White-winged Crossbill. 

 JuDD, 1917, p. 22; small flock seen in latter part of July, 1895. 



There is a mounted specimen in the Williams Collection taken at Grafton, 

 July 23, 1905, and one in the Agricultural College Museum at Fargo, labelled 

 November i, 1919, J. H. Phelps. Professor Daniel Freeman, of Fargo 

 College, has written me that in January, 1919, a flock of five to seven were 

 seen along the Red River. Mrs. Dana Wright, of Jamestown, in a letter to 

 Professor Freeman tells of the species nesting in late May and early June, 

 1894, near Jamestown. Mrs. Wright reports further that they nested there 

 for several years afterward, in the box elder trees, where she saw one May 

 10, 1921. 



209. Acanthis ho"nemanni cxilipcs (Coues). Hoary Redpoll. 



JiUDD, 1917, p. 23; rare winter visitant, usually found in flocks of the common 

 redpoll. 



The species was not seen in the field, nor are there specimens in the state 

 collections. 



210. Acanthis liuaria linaria (Linnaeus). Redpoll. 



Schmidt, 1904; a migrant, all sections. Thwaites, 1906, p. 209; October 31, 

 1833, Maximilian records flocks of redpolls near Fort Union, Williams County, also 

 at Fort Clarke in winter. Larson. 1913, p. 94; rare, two seen Februarv- 8, 1913, 

 northern McKenzie County. Judd, 1917, p. 22,; common winter visitant and migrant 

 in spring and fall. Freeman, 1919, p. 14; common winter visitant at Fargo. 



There is a specimen in the Williams Collection labelled January 6, 1914. 

 It seems to be a common winter resident. 



211. Astragalinus tristis tristis (Linnaeus). Goldfinch. 



CouES, 1878, p. 577; noted only at Pembina; a male taken June 4, 1873. Judd, 

 1917, p. 23; tolerably common, breeds in the Turtle Mountains. Freeman, iqiq, p. 

 14; very common in timber and weeds, May 14. 



I saw the species at Devils Lake on May 25 and found it to be quite 

 common throughout the state. 



212. Spijuis pinus (W\\son). Pine Siskin. 



The Williams Collection contains a specimen taken May 21, 19 14, and 

 Mr. Reid writes me that he saw four on the State Capitol grounds on May 

 24, 192 1. I saw a small flock or family near Lake Upsilon, Turtle Moun- 

 tains, on August 3, 1920; these were the only ones noted in life. 



