468 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Sometimes rather common in autumn and winter at Aweme, Man. 
(Criddle.) Found regularly among the large flocks of mixed redpolls 
every winter in Manitoba generally. (Atkinson.) 
A migrant and winter visitant in Manitoba. Specimens were taken 
at Carberry in the early winter from a flock of A. linaria. (E. T. 
Seton.) Quite numerous in flocks of the common redpoll at Indian 
Head, Sask., which were common from April 1st to 20th, 1892, 
(Spreadborough.) Carlton House, on the South Saskatchewan, 
November to March. (Blakiston vide Ridgway.) North to Lapierre 
House on the Mackenzie river; common. (Ross.) I carefully 
examined all flocks of redpolls in the winter of 1897-98 in the Cari- 
boo district, B.C., and only secured one specimen that showed any 
approach to exilipes. (Brooks.) This is the prevailing species of 
the genus throughout northern Alaska, where it occurs in great 
numbers. It is indistinguishable from the common redpoll except 
for the differences in colouration and is constantly associated with 
them. (Nelson.) This species is a common bird throughout the 
entire territory of Alaska. (Twurner.) This species is not common 
at Point Barrow, and only of irregular occurrence. We only obtained 
one nest and saw very few birds. (Murdoch.) The hoary redpoll 
was a common resident throughout the region around Kotzebue 
sound. Out of 112 skins taken, 104 were of this species. (Grinnell.) 
Sixteen specimens taken at Point Barrow, Alaska, exhibit very 
jittle variation. (Wztmer Stone.) I secured two young from a flock 
about fifteen miles above Circle City, Alaska, August 13th, 1899; 
and Osgood one, on the rg9th, from a flock at Circle City; rather 
common in small flocks at St. Michael in September. (Bzshop.) 
BREEDING NotEes.—The hoary redpoll was a common resident 
throughout the region under consideration. At Cape Blossom 
during July, 1898, they were mainly in pairs, though small com- 
panies of from four to eight were occasionally seen. They frequented 
the dwarf willow and alder patches, especially among the hills back 
from the coast. Two nests were found.on the 20th of July. They 
were each built in the crotches of low bushes about two feet from 
the ground, and were only one hundred feet apart on a slope sparsely 
covered with small bushes. The nests were composed of dried 
mildewed grasses externally, with a thick lining of cottony down 
from the seed-cases of a kind of grass, and a few feathers. One of 
