586 THE BIRDS OF MANITOBA — THOMPSON. 



177. Loxia leucoptera. White-winged Crossbill. 



Wiuter visitant; possibly resident and breeding. Winnipeg: Tolera- 

 bly common (Hine). Carberry: Winter visitor (Thompson). Severn 

 Honse and Trout Lake Station (Murray). 



On December G, 1882, at tbe spruce bush, 35° below zero, shot three 

 White-winged Crossbills out of small flock that was feeding on the cones 

 of a tall spruce. These were all males. 



178. Acanthis hornemanii exilipes. Hoary Eed-poll. 



Migrant and winter visitant. Winnipeg: Eare; winter visitors 

 (Hine). Specimens taken at Carberry in the early winter from a flock 

 of the Acanthis linaria (Thompson). Linota horealis, Severn Honse 

 (Murray). 



179. Acanthis linaria. Red-poll. 



Abundant fiiU and winter visitant'. Winnipeg: Tolerably common 

 in the migration (Hine). Portage la Prairie: Abundant winter resi- 

 dent arrives about October 20 ; departs about May 1 ; observed in 

 the Riding Mountains, December, 1884 (Nash). Carberry : Abundant in 

 the fall migration (Thompson). Shell River: Winter visitor (Oalcutt). 

 Qu'Appelle : Conunon ; arrives April 1 (Guernsey). 



On October 25, 1882, saw a couple of red-polls about the barnyard. 

 Tliey were feeding on the cottony crests of the solidagos. 



On November 3, shot three red-polls; one was a female, crimson on 

 poll only; gizzard tilled with various small seeds. These appear to be 

 Acanthis exilipes. 



On November 6, a flock of reti-polls ai)peared and were feeding on 

 the weeds near tlie barnyard. 



180. Spinus tristis. American Goldfinch. Wild Canary. 



Common summer resident. Noted only at Pembina (Coucs). Win- 

 nipeg: Summer resident abundant (Hines). Oak Point: 1884, ar- 

 rived ; May 29 (Small). Portage la Prairie : 1890, arrives about May 

 2o ; common summer resident; departs about the end of September 

 (Nash). Carberry: Common summer resident; abundant in August 

 and September (Thompson). Shell River: 1885, first seen, one male, 

 on May 24; next seen, two, June 3; is common all summer; breeds 

 (Calcutt). Qu'Appelle: Tolerably common ; summer resident. Arrives 

 May 24 ; breeds (Guernsey). 



September 9, 1884. The goldfinches are now going southward in 

 large flocks. For the last month they have led a roving life in bands of 

 both sexes; especially frequenting fireguards and old breakings, where 

 there is usually a luxuriant growth of prairie sunflowers (Gaillardia), 

 whose seed is a favorite food. 



In Manitoba I have not noted the bird before the end of May. In 



