474 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Labrador, June 15th, 1894. The nests were built in willows two or 
three feet from the ground and contained five eggs each, which are 
easily distinguished from the common redpoll by their larger size. 
This bird is more abundant in south Greenland. (W. Razne.) 
Goldfinch. 
Carduelis elegans STEPHENS. 1826. 
A male European goldfinch was collected May 21st, 1887, by 
Daniel S. Cox, about a mile north of Toronto city limits—one out 
of four—while resting on the top of a beech tree. The remaining 
three flew off in a northerly direction. The birds were evidently 
in a natural condition and migrants from the south, doubtless from 
the New York colony. (Wullaam Brodve in The Auk, Vol. V., p. 211.) 
CCXV. ASTRAGALINUS Caszanis. 1851. 
529. American Goldfinch. | 
Astragalinus tristts (LINN.) CAB. 1851. 
Kumlien caught an adult male on shipboard off Cape Mugford, 
Labrador (?), August 22nd, 1877; occurs in southern portions of 
Labrador. Nelson writes that a bird called a ‘‘goldfinch’”’ was - 
described accurately and asserted to occur occasionally at Fort 
Chimo, but he did not succeed in finding it. (Packard.) A com- 
mon summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Heard but not 
seen along the Humber river, Newfoundland, 1899. (Lows H. 
Porter.) Common; afew remain all winter in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 
A few seen at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton island, July, 
1898; one pair seen on Winsloe road, Prince Edward island, July 
21st, 1888. (Macoun.) A few seen almost daily when on Prince 
Edward island. (Dwight.) Mr. Bayley says it is common at Sydney, 
Cape Breton island, breeding late in June; first seen, May 24th, 1891. 
(C. R. Harte.) Fairly common throughout the year in Nova Scotia. 
(H. F. Tufts.) An abundant summer resident in New Brunswick. 
(Chamberlain.) Irregular in arriving in spring at Scotch Lake, York 
county, N.B.; coming from February 16th to May 28th; departing 
from October to December. Its nests are placed in deciduous 
bushes and trees, the eggs number from 3-5. I have seen a nest so 
compactly built that during a heavy shower in July it nearly filled 
