138 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



long. Adult male : Purplish-red ; wings and tail 

 black, the former with two white hands. Adult 

 female : Above, olive-greenish or grayish, paler 

 below ; back duller than in male. Young : Wings 

 and tail like adults, but general plumage pale- 

 olivaceous, streaked with dusk}'. 



169. Redpoll. 



Length about 4J inches, tail about 2J inches 

 long. Adult male : Above, grayish, streaked with 

 dusky ; top of head bright-red ; a dusky spot on 

 throat ; below, whitish, with chest and sides of 

 breast deep madder-pink. Adult female : Similar 

 to male, but red on crown only. Young : Similar 

 to adult female, but no red on crown or elsewhere. 



170. American Goldfinch. 



Length about 5 inches, tail about 2 inches long. 

 Adult male in summer : Yellow, with forehead, 

 crown, lores, wings and tail black, tail-coverts and 

 tips of wing-feathers white ; in winter, similar to 

 adult female, but black, and whitish markings 

 more distinct. Adult female in summer : Above, 

 olive-brownish, wings and tail dusky ; below, gray- 

 ish-white, tinged with yellow ; in winter, general 

 plumage more brownish. Young : Much browner 

 than winter adults, and the plumage suffused with 

 light-cinnamon. 



