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from a part of each barb. The general effect is that of a rosy 

 bird mottled with whitish spots. 



Female. In natal down and Juvenal plumage indistinguish- 

 able from the male, no doubt, as is the case in allied species. 

 The first winter plumage, acquired by a partial postjuvenal 

 moult, not involving the wings nor the tail, is olive-buff, similar 

 to L. c. minor, from which it may easily be distinguished by 

 the wing bands, and besides it is more distinctly mottled and 

 streaked with deeper olive-brown. The first nuptial is simply 

 the previous plumage modified by wear. The adult winter 

 plumage is, of course, acquired by a complete postnuptial moult, 

 and shows a certain amount of yellow scattered through it, which 

 is somewhat brightened by wear becoming the adult nuptial 

 plumage. Females never become pink. 



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Acanthis linaria (Linn.). REDPOLL 



1. NATAL DOWN. No specimen seen. 



2. JUVENAL PLUMAGE acquired by a complete postnatal 

 moult. 



Above, streaked with sepia and clove-brown with whitish edgings ; rump paler but 

 also streaked. Wings and tail clove brown with whitish or buffy edgings ; the 

 coverts, wing bands and tertiaries edged with pale cinnamon. Below dull 

 white streaked with clove-brown and washed with buff on throat and sides. 

 Bill and feet of dry skin dull ochre. 



Description from a specimen taken in Labrador, August 2/th. 



3. FIRST WINTER PLUMAGE acquired by a partial post- 

 juvenal moult late in August, which apparently involves the 

 body plumage and wing coverts and not the rest of the wings 

 nor the tail. 



Above, wood-brown, sides of head and rump paler, streaked with olive-brown, the 

 feather edgings often whitish. Crown dull crimson, usually coppery. Wings 

 and tail deep olive-brown, the feathers with whitish edgings. Below white, 

 washed with buff on throat, sides and flanks, streaked laterally and on under 

 tail coverts with olive-brown. A dull brownish black chin spot. 



Some young birds may assume a few rosy breast feathers, but 

 they are characteristic of adults. 



ANNALS N. Y. ACAD. Sci., Sept. 7, 1900 12. 



