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463. GREENLAND REDPOLL. 

 LINOTA HORNEMANNI. 



Linota horncmanni, Holboell, Natur. Tidskr. iv. p. 395 (1843) ; 

 Dresser, iv. p. 55, pis. 189, fig. 2, 190 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 xii. p. 256 ; Ridgw. p. 396 ; Lilford, iv. p. 59, pi. 29. 



Audnutitlingur, Icelandic ; Orpingmiutak, Greenl. 



(J ad. (Greenland). In general coloration resembling, but paler than 

 L. linaria, the rump and upper tail-coverts white, unstriped, and 

 washed with rosy red ; under parts white, the flanks unstriped, the breast 

 washed with rosy red ; bill blackish above and at the tip, yellowish 

 below ; legs blackish brown ; iris brown. Culmen 0*4, wing 3'35, tail 

 275, tarsus 07 inch. 



Hob. Spitsbergen, Jan May en, Iceland, Northern Greenland, 

 and eastern Arctic America, migrating south to Labrador in 

 winter. Has twice been obtained in England, 2 or 3 times 

 in the Hebrides, and once near Abbeville in France. 



In habits it is said to resemble L. linaria but its call-note is 

 shrill and not unlike that of the Waxwing. Its nest is usually 

 placed on a small bush, and is constructed of grass-bents, wool, 

 and marsh-cotton, intermixed with lichens, and sparingly lined 

 with feathers. The eggs resemble those of L. linaria but are 

 larger, measuring about 073 by 0'53, paler, and with fewer and 

 smaller spots. 



464. SUBSP. LINOTA EXILIPES. 



Linota exilipes (Coues), Proc. Philad. Acad 1861, p. 385 ; Elliot, 

 New and unfig. B. N. Am. pi. 8 ; Dresser, iv. p. 51, pi. 189, fig. 1 ; 

 (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 254 ; Ridgw. p. 396. 



ad. (Siberia). Resembles L. hornemanni, but is smaller ; forehead 

 and fore-crown red ; upper parts greyish striped with blackish grey ; 

 rump white washed with rose-red ; lores, chin, and a spot on the upper 

 throat black ; under parts white faintly striated en the flanks ; throat and 

 upper breast washed with rose-red. Culmen 0'35, wing 3'0, tail 2*6, tarsus 

 0-57 inch. 



Hob. Northern Europe, Asia, and America, wandering south 

 in winter, but rarely as far as Continental Europe or the 

 northern border of the United States. 



In habits and note the present species does not appear to 

 differ from L. linaria, but its eggs resemble those of 



