THE BIRDS OF ONEIDA COUNTY. 129 



136. Pinicola enucleator (LINN.). 515. 



Pine Grosbeak. 



Winter visitor. Not very common. 



137. Carpodacus purpureus (GMEL.). 517. 



Purple Finch. 



A common summer resident. Breeds. Sometimes winters. 



1 38. Loxia curvirostra minor (BREHM). 521. 



American Crossbill. 



Seen occasionally in winter. Quite common as far south as 

 Holland Patent during some summers. Very common in summer 

 in Herkimer and Hamilton Counties, where they come in flocks 

 around the hunters' camps and gather the crumbs literally from 

 under the table. 



139. Loxia leucoptera GMKL. 



White-winged Crossbill. 



A winter visitor, but much less common than the preceding. 



140. Acanthis linaria (LINN.). 



Redpoll. 



A rare winter visitor. 



141. Acanthis linaria rostrata (CouES). 5286. 



Greater Redpoll. 



Taken at Locust Grove, Lewis County, by C. H. Merriam, M. D. 



