HOARY REDPOLL. 



MEALY REDPOLL. 



ACANTHIS HORNEMANII EXILIPES. 



Char. Above, dull white or pale brownish white, streaked with dusky 

 brown ; rump white unstreaked, — in the male usually washed with pink; 

 wings dusky brown with two white bars ; below, dull white sparsely 

 streaked with dusky ; chin and throat dusky ; breast delicate rose pink. 

 Length ^Yz to 5 inches. 



Similar to A. linaria, but colors paler, —the brown largely replaced by 

 gray, and the red of a paler shade and more restricted. 



Nest. In a low tree or on the ground ; composed of grass and twigs 

 lined with feathers. 



Eggs. 3-5 ; white tinged with blue or green, spotted with reddish 

 brown ; 0.65 X 0.50. 



This species, so nearly allied to the last, is met with partly 

 in the same remote boreal regions in the summer, but is of 

 much more rare occurrence ; it is also found in the territory 

 of Oregon, and stragglers have been obtained as far south as 

 New Jersey and New York. In Maine it is less rare. These 

 birds have a note very similar to the last species, but distinct. 

 They are full of activity and caprice while engaged in feeding, 

 making wide circles and deep undulations in their flight. Like 



