HOARY REDPOLL. 



MEALY REDPOLL. 



ACANTHIS HORNEMANII EXILIPES. 



Char. Male : above, dull white streaked with dusky brown ; crown 

 crimson ; rump white washed with pink ; wings and tail dusky brown 

 with two white bars ; below, dull white sparsely streaked with dusky ; 

 chin and throat dusky; breast delicate rose pink. Female: similar, but 

 without pink on breast and rump. Length 5 inches. 



Similar to A. linaria, but colors paler, — the brown largely replaced by 

 gray, and the red of a paler shade and more restricted. 



Nest. In a low tree or on the ground ; composed of grass and twigs 

 lined with feathers. 



Eggs. 3-5 ; white tinged with blue or green, spotted with reddish 

 brown ; 0.65 X 0.50. 



This species, so nearly allied to the last, is met \vith partly 

 in the same remote boreal regions in the summer, but is of 

 much more rare occurrence ; it is also found in the territory 

 of Oregon, and stragglers have been obtained as f;ir south as 

 New Jersey and New York. In Maine it is less rare. These 

 birds have a note very similar to the last species, but distinct. 

 They are full of activity and caprice while engaged in feeding, 

 making wide circles and deep undulations in their flight. Like 



