1908.] BIRDS. 419 



29. During my trip northward from Fort Rae I observed it on Gran- 

 din River. August 4; Lake Faber, August 7; and on a small lake north 

 of Lake St. Croix on August 13. I saw a pair and took a specimen 

 at our camp east of Leith Point, Great Bear Lake, August 2!>. and 

 again noted the species at the same place, August 31 and September 

 ('), taking one on the latter date. I saw a number 40 miles west of 

 McViear Bay, September 12, and between there and Fort Franklin, 

 September 13, 14, and 17. At Fort Franklin I frequently noted it, 

 September 18 to 27, usually associated with large flocks of the hoary 

 redpoll, and collected several. I observed a few occasionally as we 

 ascended the Mackenzie to Fort Simpson. At this place I found the 

 species fairly common during the autumn and early winter, though 

 less so than A. h. exilipes. 



During the first three months of 1904 I seldom observed this red- 

 poll, but it became common during April. Young birds just from the 

 nest were taken May 24, and an adult male near the same place May 

 2.'). II. YV. Jones found a nest containing one < s gg at Big Point, on 

 the upper Mackenzie, near the Little Lake, on April 24, and took 

 nearly fledged young from a nest at Willow River, near Fort Provi- 

 dence, on May 18. During a trip down the Mackenzie in June I 

 detected this species only at Fort Norman, where I saw several and 

 took one on June 14. 



Under the name Linaria minor, Richardson deseribes a specimen 

 taken May 20, 1820, at Fort Franklin." King noted it at Fort Reli- 

 ance, Great Slave Lake, in the winter of 1833-34. 6 Ross reported the 

 species abundant in the Mackenzie River region north to Fort Good 

 Hope.'' MacFarlane found it abundant on Anderson River.' 7 Cones 

 recorded specimens from Fort Resolution and Fort Simpson.' Sharpe 

 lists several specimens from Fort Simpson, and one from Great Bear 

 Lake/ Specimens from Fort Resolution, Fort Simpson, Fort Rae, 

 Fort Anderson. Peel River, and Great Bear Lake arc in the National 

 Museum. Macoun reports that the species was seen by J. M. Macoun 

 | in 1888 | on Clearwater River and Methye Portage; and lists a spec- 

 imen taken at Edmonton, April li>. L898. lie also states, on the au- 

 thority of Raine, that nests were found at the delta of the Mackenzie 

 on June 20, 1890, by Mr. Stringer.* 



J. Alden Loring reported this species in large flocks in the moun- 

 tains west of Henry House. Alberta, October 12 to 20. 1896. 



"Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 267, 1831. 



6 Narrative Journey to Arctic Ocean, I, p. l(»(i. 1836. 



c Nat. Hist. Rev., II (second ser.). p. 281, 1862. 



<*Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. XIV. p. 440, 1891. 



"Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1'hila.. XIV. p. 381, ism. 



fCat. Birds Brit. Mus.. XII. p. '-MP, 1888. 



"Cat. Canadian Birds, Pari III. pp. 439, 440, 1904. 



