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FINX'IIKS, SPARUOVVS, ETC. 



or less marked with Mack on tlio hack ; lielly whitisJi ; win>r« aii<l tuil Muck, 

 tlic (jreuter aiul iui(Klle wiii);-ooverts, niul KDiiu'timiM tirtials, ti|>iK(l witli 

 wliitc. ./'/. 9.— Dull olive-grt'on, yellow on the rump, grayer on the under 

 purtH, niottleil with blackish on the head and back; wings and tail as in 

 the (J. /iti. (J.— Similar to 9, but passes tlirouifh a party-eolored pluma;.'e 

 while becoming mature, and, as in the pnu'ediiig species, is subject to much 

 variation. L., «-or); W., 3-27; T., 2-41 ; IJ., -Ci. 



lidinje. — Hrecds from the Northern States northward ; in winter wanders 

 irregularly southward, sometimes reaching Illinois and Virginia. 



Washington, casual. Sing Sing, rare T. V., Oct. 2li to Dec. G. Cambridge, 

 irregular W. V. 



Xmt, of twigs and strips of birdi bark, coveri'd exteriorly with moss 

 {l'i<ue<i)^M\iX lined with soft moss and liair, on the fork of an evergreen in 

 deep forests. AV/r//(, three (0, pale blue, spotted and streaked near larger end 

 witli reddish brown and lilac, -hO x ■So (("hamberlain). 



Colonel Goss writes that in general habits these birds resemble the 

 American Crossbill. Their flight is swift and undulating. While 

 feeding and moving about they are quite noisy, almost constantly 

 uttering a plaintive whcep or chfcping note. Their song is low, soft, 

 and sweet, much like that of the American Goldfinch. 



687. ^T^n"t***^**A'*"«»»"Wr""<* ' ^^"^^ ) (iKEENLANoliKOPOLL.— Simi- 

 lar to the ne.xt, but "larger (length about rr.W-tj-aO), with proporticmally 

 thicker and less acute bill. 6 W., 3-37 ; T., 2-75; exposed culmen, 'SS; depth 

 of B. at base, -31." 



I{<i>ige. — " Northern (Irecnland (breeding from 01t°-73° N. latitude) and 

 eastern arctic America, south to Labrador in winter" (Kidgw.). 



687a> A. h. ezilipes iCouen), IIoaky Kkupoi.l. ./(/. ,J.— Bill very 

 sharply pointed, a small tuft of bristly feathers over tiie nostrils; crown-eap 

 bright red ; back dark grayish brown, the feathers more or less margincil with 

 wliito ; rump white, generally unstreaked, and tinged with pink ; wings and 

 tail brownish fuscous, the feathers all more or less .ilged with white; middle 

 of the throat blackish, breast tinged with pink, belly white, a few streaks on 

 the side. Ad. $. — Similar, but with no pink on the rump or breast. Im. — 

 Similar to the 9, but without the red crovvn-ca}). L., .500; W., 3-00; T., 

 2-:io; B., -30. 



Jic'iiKirh. — Tills species is to be distinguislied from Aeaiithh iin<n-ln and 

 its races by the greater aiuount of white in its plumage, its unstreaked rump, 

 and comparatively unstreaked under parts. 



lituiije. —Arctic regions ; south in winter rarely to the northern United 

 States. 



Cambridge, casual W. V. 



AV,s'<, of grass and twigs lined with feathers, in a low tree or on the 

 ground. Af/.'AS three to five, white, tinged with blue or green, spotted with 

 reddish brown, -65 x -50 (Chamberlain). 



688* Acanthis llnaria (Linn.). KEnpoLt. Ad. a.— Bill very 

 sharply pointed, a small tuft of bristly feathers over the nostrils; crown-cap 



