THE ZooLocistT—SEPTEMBER, 1875, 4595 
a breeding bird, though its nest has not as yet been found in the 
country. 
tMealy Redpoll (Linota linaria). “Orpingmiutak,” “ Anarak.”— 
Said to breed generally throughout Greenland, suitable localities 
being, of course, understood, but is migratory there. Seems to be in- 
distinguishable from the Fringilla linaria of Linneus, the F. borealis 
of most English authors, but not their F. linaria, which is a much 
smaller and more rufescent form, 
tGreenland Redpoll (Linota canescens).—Said to be constantly 
resident, and a regular breeder, but not further south than lat. 70° N. 
Occurred also in Kaiser Franz-Josef’s Fjord, 1 August, 1870 
(Finsch). The Linota Hornemanni of Holbdll, and possibly the 
AXgiothus rostratus of Dr. Coues. 
American Whitewinged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera).—An 
adult specimen procured about 1831 from the east coast by an 
Esquimaux. Subsequently another adult and three young 
were obtained in South Greenland. 
Yellowheaded Maizebird (Santhocephalus icterocephalus). 
—One obtained, 2 September, 1820, at Nenortalik. 
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)—A single specimen sent by 
Holbéll. (Qu. S. feroensis, Feilden, if that be a distinct 
species ?) 
*Raven (Corvus corax). “Tullugak,” “ Kernektok.”—Breeds 
more in South than in North Greenland, and also obseryed on the 
East Coast. Several pairs seen on Melville Island. A specimen 
from Beechey Island in the Barrow Collection. Noticed several 
times on Parry’s Second Voyage. 
*Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus rupestris). “ Akeiksek,” “ Kauio.”— 
The only species of the genus which inhabits Greenland, where it 
occurs equally on the East as on the West Coast. Found by the 
German Expedition on Sabine and Clavering Islands. In great 
abundance on the Parry Islands, and thence southwards throughout 
Melville Peninsula, but its southern range west of Davis Strait still 
undetermined. Its specific distinctness from L. mutus is questioned 
by several authorities, but the males of L. rupestris (including under 
that name L. Reinhardti and L. islandorum) seem never to acquire 
entirely black feathers on the breast as do the males of L. mutus— 
the ptarmigan of Scotland and the European continent. The 
females and the males in winter of the different forms can hardly 
be distinguished, 
