500 NORTH AMKUrCAN IJIIiDS. 



e^'gs from tliat country, wlu'ie its idoiitificatimi was apparently comj)lete. 

 Whether this bird is resident in, rei^nlarly migratory to, ur only accidental 

 in, Europe, is as yet a (piestion by no means fully settled. Degland j^ives 

 it as resident in (.Jreenland only, and as accidental in (lerniany, Belgium, 

 and the north of France. He states that it is known to nest in shrubs 

 and in low trees, and that, in all essential resjieets, its mannere are identical 

 with the common Ked-lVdl. One of these birds w;is taken alive in a snare 

 in the vicinity of Abbeville, and kept in a cage, making part of the collec- 

 tion of M. l*aillon. 



Yarrell thought that sufficient evidence existed of its specific distinctness, 

 but Mr. Gould reiiarded it as a matter of douljt whether the birds found in 



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Europe were natives, or only arrivals from ntjrthern America. He states that 

 among the London dealers this bird, called by them the Stone IJed-Poll, is 

 well known, and is considered distinct, but that its occurrence is very rare. 

 Occasionallv, at j^reat intervals, thev are said to have been abundant. 



Mr. Doubleday, of Ei)})ing, procured seveml specimens of this bird in Col- 

 chester, in January, 1<SS(3, and afterwards obtained a living pair, which he 

 kept for some time. Their notes were much sharper than those of the Una- 

 rim. Its occurrence was most frequent in winter, many specimens having 

 been obtained in England, and some also in Scotland. Its habits throughout 

 the year are su]»j)Osed to be very similar to those of the common lied-PoU. 

 Its food is said to be chietly the seeds of various forest trees. 



^tr. Temminck describes what is undoubtedly this sj)ecies, under the title 

 of boreoJi.'^. If this supposition be admitted to be correct, its geographical 

 distribution becomes much more clearly defined. He states that it is found 

 during the sunnner in Xorway and Sweden, and is resident of the Arctic 

 Circle throughout the year, and is also found in Northern Asia, as well as in 

 America and in other })arts of Europe. He has received specimens from 

 Greenland, and also from Japan, ditTeriug in no respect from those found in 

 Europe. 



Audubon states that he procured four specimens of this bird in Xewfound- 

 land. In their habits he couhl see no ditlerence between them and the com- 

 mon Ked-Poll, but did observe a noticeable difl'erence in their song. He 

 also states that one was shot bv Mr. Edward Harris near Moorestown, X. J. 



Mr. John Wcjlley, in his expeditions to I^ajdand, found there only one 

 species of this genus which was clearly referrible to the Mealy IJed-Poll, and 

 was a connnon resident bird. One of these eggs from I^ipland is larger 

 and a nuich lighter-colored eg<^, than any of the connnon Unarias. The 

 ground is a greenish-white, sparingly sp(jtted with dark reddish-brown about 

 the larger end. Its measurement is .80 bv .hi:^ of an inch. An egg fr(>m 



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Greenland is not percei)til)ly different in size, color, or markings. 



Holboll, in his papers on the fauna of Greenland, demonstrates very dis- 

 tinctly the specific differences between this bird and the liiiarius. These 

 are its stronger ami broader bill, the difference in colors at every age, its 



