THE GREENLAND REDPOLL. 61 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Polar regions of Old and New Worlds, 

 in winter southwards to Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, 

 Russia, central Asia, Japan, and occasional during migration in 

 parts of north-east North America.] 



22. Carduelis linaria rostrata (Coues)— THE GREENLAND 

 REDPOLL. 



^GiOTHus ROSTRATUS Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Nov., 



1861, p. 378 (S. Greenland). 



L. rostrata, Saunders, p. 190 (in text). 



Description (Plate 3). — Male and female. — Except for much 

 larger size, very similar to C. I. cabaret, but rump, sides of neck, 

 and tips to wing-coverts more greyish-white ; as compared to 

 C. I. linaria, dark streaks on upper-parts (including rump) and 

 especially on flanks and sides of breast broader ; darker and more 

 tawny-buff on upper-parts ; more buff on flanks, and in female 

 and first-winter male also on throat and breast ; pink on breast of 

 adult male appears to extend not so far down sides of breast 

 and belly. 



Nestling. — (Not examined.) 



Juvenile. — Like that of C. I. cabaret, but dark stripes on upper- 

 and under-parts slightly broader. 



Meastirements. — ^ wing 78-85 mm., tail 56-62, tarsus 15-17, 

 bill from skull 10-11 (12 measured). $ wing 75-81. Bill broader 

 and deeper as well as longer than in C. I. linaria. 



Breeding-habits. — As this and Hornemann's Redpoll (p. 64) both 

 apparently breed in Greenland, it is at present not possible to 

 distinguish records. Nesting-sites must necessarily be very- 

 similar, and \XQ have no means of distinguishing eggs from the 

 scanty material to hand. 



Distribution. — England. — ^None. Scotland. — Vagrant. In recent 

 years fairly regular in northern isles. Barra (O. Hebrides) one, 

 Oct. 8, 1896 ; one, Nov. 10, 1898 ; one, Oct. 13, 1900 ; two, Sept., 

 1901. St. Kilda, five, Sept., 1911. Flannans, several, Oct. and 

 Nov., 1905. Thee (I. Hebrides), two, Sept., 1913. Fau- Isle (Shet- 

 lands), abundant Sept. and Oct., 1905, small numbers Sept. 21, 

 1907, Sept.-Nov., 1908, Oct., 1911, and autumn, 1913. Shetlands, 

 several Oct. and Nov., 1907. Suleskerry (Orkneys), one, Oct., 1911. 

 Ireland. — Several Achill Island (Mayo) and two or more Tearaght 

 (Kerry) have been assigned to this form. One Rathlin (Antrim), 

 Sept. 25, 1913. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Summer-resident in south Greenland. 

 In winter south-westward through Canada and parts of western 

 United States. 



