FRIX(!II,LIDvE-TllE FIN'CIIKS. 4(jy 



A. rn>wii witli u (iiiiidnit.. |.,ilcli of .liiMsoii, in adult ; lliront mid chin with 

 lldiKsIxy «|),.t; ,,iii||sui„l liul-r,Mihcr.s i,„L fd-rd cousimciumisIv wiUi whit,. 

 S Willi tlic liivasl (ill;.,.,! Willi hmI. 



1. A. oaiieaoeilB. ltiiin|. UMstrfid<(Ml while (holh sexes, nl all seii- 

 «OMs); Ih.' Unu-v tuil-covoits with while shalls ; Ih,. red thige ,mi tli.. 



breiust ill the j, id' u delieato pale losa iis i)iid< liiil. 



Itill vei-y short and thielv, ils hi'i.L'hl lliroii,t.'h the liase neaily 

 equalling th.^ leuKlh of the eulii.eii. Winj;, .'i.'^O ; tail. li.d.-,. Mill- 

 culnien, .r.; hei-hl, ..!(». /A,i. (Jivenland . . \,u: ca ,] enc e n r. 



Bill nnieh sinaller, more acute, its height (hion-h Ih.. base nnicli 

 less than ihe length of Ih.' cnlnicn. Wing, 3.00; tail, 2.r.0. Hill • 

 cnhncii, .;J0; height, .22. Hub. Coiuinental uivtic Amciica 



o A ij ^"''* '•>' >f i l>f: 



i. A. UnariUB. Kinnp always .streaked ; h>wer lail-covcrls with dusky 

 Bhall -streaks; the red tinge on thu breiust of Ih,' $ ol' a rosa.roiis- 

 cariiiinu lint. 



liill al.oiil .;i.-. hi U'liglh l,y .22 h, I .^ght ; wing, 2.80; tail, 

 2.10. //„/;. Coniinenlal arctic and col.l tenii)enite .North America 



,,.,, var. // 1) <i r i ■: s. 



Hill about .40, or more, in liMigih, by .30 in h.ighl ; wing, 3.20; 

 tad, 2.(10. Huh. (iiiviilaml in summer, and Continental arctic aii(i 

 cohl lem])orato North America in winter . . . vm l,o/hd/li 

 B. Crown without any red ; throat and chin wilhoiil luiv duskv sim.i ; ,,Mills 

 aiKl tail-leatlu.rs of adult male edgvd coils,, icuonsly with while. J wilh- 

 out red linge on the breast. 



3. A. flavlrostris. Hump rosc-piuk in the ^. brown .streaked will, 

 dusky in 9. jV(, h;\ on crown or breast. 



9. Above umbcr-brown streaked with dusky; ground-color of 

 rump light brown; throat and jngulum strongly ochraceous-biiir. 



Hub. Eiirone . . . ,..,,. /;,.„,• , • 



• ...... \ar. Jld rir(j s /ris, 



9. Above olive-brown streake<l with dusky; ground-color of 

 rump .sulpliur-yollow : throat and jngulum faintlv siilphnr-vcll,.w, 

 tinged with buff. //<(A. North America . .' . viii: b re ,r steri 



iBgiothus linarius, Cabaxis. 



LESSER BED-POLL. 



FnnffiHn Unaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 17<iti, 322. -Arn. Orn. Riog. IV, 1S38, .-.SR pt 

 cppIxxv. Friwim,,. {Jcnnthis) limirio, Kkvs. .t Mi.as. Will,. Kinoi>. 1S4(),' Xc. '115] 

 page \6^.—Acnnlhi.1 rimnw, Bi-. Conspectus, 18f)(), .'•,41. .Kt/in/htis Ihutri,,', Cuiwis' 

 -Mus. Ilcin. ISill, IC,].- lUiitn, Birds N. Am. 18;-„s, 428. — Coii;s, Pr. A. N. S. Nov. 

 1861, 382. — CoopKR & SrcKLEY, 1!»8. — Sami-kl.s 2!)4. - Mavnaki), B. E Mas.s 

 1870, no. — Ham, k BASMsricii, Tr. Chie. Acad. I, 1809, 281. - Cooi.,-.!,, (),,,. fa). 

 I, ISO. Linariii miiwr, Sw. V. Bor. Am. II, is:il, 207. - Ari). Syn 1830 114 

 -III. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 122, pi. dxxix. /Lim,n,> hMnlli, Bimih.m, Vogd Dc'utsch^ 

 lands. Ao,„thmhm)!i, Br. k Schi.koki,, Mon. Loxicns, 1850, 50, \^\. liii. ,E,,hlhHS 

 Iwlbolli, C0UK.S Pr. A. N. Sc. 1861, 385. Linaria americnwi, Max. Cab. Journ. VI, 

 1858, 338. ^■KoiothKx/Ksccsccus, Cori;s, P. A. N. S. Aug. 1801, 222 (Labrador ; breed' 

 mg dress). — Id. p. 380. A^iih.llniH ros/m/iif,, Ei,i.i,,t, lllust. H. Am I pi ix — 

 CouEs, P. A. N. S. Nov. 1861, 378 (Greenland). - Elliot, lllust. Birds N A I 

 pi. X. ' 



