WINTER GROUP BLUE OR RED LIST 8 1 



203^. COMMON CROSSBILL. 



Brick-red, dusky. 

 6. See 196. 



203»». WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



Brick-red, dusky. 

 6. See 197. 



203C. TREE SPARROW: ARCTIC CHIPPER. 



Reddish-brown, streaked ^Ashy. 



6. Crown, chestnut ; see 198, 



204. RED-POLL LINNET. 



Flaxen, dark-streaked Rosy, whitish, dark-streaked. 



5>^. Bill, yellow in winter ; crowfty carmine ; rump, rosy- 

 white, dark-streaked ; wings and tail, dusky ; 2 white wing- 

 bars ; below, white, streaked, except on abdomen ; in 

 mature $, , breast rosy-tinged ; in 2 , rosy tint of rump and 

 breast absent, or nearly so ; breast, dingy-yellowish, dark- 

 streaked. 



Breeds far north ; in winter, irregular, throughout ; nest, near 

 ground ; eggs, 4-5, pale blue, finely spotted ; in flocks. 



205. AMERICAN MEALY RED-POLL. 



Brownish, dark-streaked White, rosy-tinted. 



5>^. Crown, carmine ; rump, pure white, rosy-tinged ; 

 wings and tail, dusky ; 2 white wing-bars ; below, white ; 

 breast, rosy-tinged ; slightly streaked on sides. 



An Arctic species ; in winter, only in northern part of N. E. 



