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221 ,128b-(ti()8 part). Acaiithis liiiaria rostrata {Cones.). *The Greater 

 Redpoll. 

 •'Occasional straggler, taken in fiocks of last species" (Dr. M. Gibbs). Dr. Gibbs' 

 specimen taken at Kalamazoo was identified by Mr. Robt. Ridgway. These birds are 

 often given as Acanthis linaria holbcelHi, which is without dovibt an error (see Butler's 

 Birds of Indiana, p. (59). 



Genus SPINUS Koch. 



222-529-(21»*5). Spiiuis tristis [Linn.). *American Goldfinch; Yellow Bird; 

 Thistle Bird. 

 Very common; throughout the Lower Peninsula; every month in the year; more 

 common in summer; yellow in summer, darker in autumn and winter; occasional in 

 midwinter; in fall and winter feeds on seeds; gregarious at all seasons except while 

 breeding; but the largest flocks occur in winter and July" (E. L. Moseley); "Grand 

 Traverse County " (M. L. Leach); •' common at Iron Mountain'' (E. E. Brewster); 

 "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "not seen in Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boiesj; 

 breeds; nests in July and August; " never before July" (R. H. Wolcott); -'usually as 

 late as July and often in August and September" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); we have 

 found nests with five eggs Sept. 10, one reported found Sept. 28, 1888 (O and O., Vol. 

 XIV. 1889); nests in orchard trees and occasionally in low shrubs; eggs three to six, 

 bluish white; Dr. H. A. Atkins and Mr. L. W. Watkins have both reared the young by 

 putting the eggs under a common canary. 



22.*5-53.'5-(2 1 2). Spiuus pinus (14^i7s.). Pine Siskin; Pine Linnet; Pine Finch. 



Rather rare; throughout the state; " rare at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "com- 

 mon in Wayne'" (B. W. Swales); " transient in Monroe County, often in flocks in spring 

 even to April and May" (Jerome Trombley); "very abundant in the pine forests north 

 and often seen in southern counties" (Dr. M. Gibbs); winter; "killed from flocks at 

 Iron Mountain, May 23, 1892" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); '■ com- 

 mon in winter in Kent County, and a sunuuer resident on Mackinac Island " (S. E. 

 White); Dr. Atkins reports taking it in February and twice in May; "breeds in Michi- 

 gan " (Davie's Nests and Eggs of North American Birds, p. 293). 



Genus PLECTROPHEN.^X Stej. 



224-5»54-(21t)). Plectropheiiax nivalis {Linn.). *Snowflake; Snow Bunting; 

 White Snow Bird. 



Common, though fitful, not seen every winter; throughout the entire State; 

 November to March; often migrant; "Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties, and common in 

 the Upper Peninsula," (A. H. Boies); " Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland) " immense flocks at 

 Morrice, Shiawassee County. Feb., 1893'' (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "common at Iron Moun- 

 tain from late October till snow flies" (E. E. Brewster); saw a flock of hundreds near 

 Owosso, January, 1892, they would follow the manure wagon to gather seeds'' (Bert B. 

 Cook); " present in Kent county from October 28, 1890 to March 7, 1891 " (S. E. White); 

 reported from Mackinac Island; " usually does not come till snow covers the ground" 

 (Prof. C. A. Davis). 



