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Acanthis linaria linaria (Linnaeus). Common Redpoll. 
Of the six redpolls obtained, two (nos. 1389, 1390) were 
secured by Hasselborg at about 1600 feet altitude on a mountain 
at Zaikof Bay, Montague Island, July 9; these are adult male 
and female, but the male has only a trace of the rosy red on 
the breast and rump. Two specimens (nos. 1391, 1392) were 
taken by Hasselbore at about 1000 feet altitude near the mouth 
of Port Nell Juan, August 11. Both are males, one in very 
bright plumage, the other like no. 1389, from Montague Island. 
The two remaining specimens (nos. 1393, 1394) are from a 
mountain at 2000 feet altitude on Knight Island, near Drier 
Bay, taken on August 25, also by Hasselborg. Both are full 
grown birds in complete juvenal plumage. These are identical 
with a juvenal at hand from the Yukon Valley. The adult 
examples, too, are apparently in no wise different, either in 
darkness of coloration or in any detail of measurements, from 
what I have been accustomed to call Acanthis linaria linaria 
from northern and interior Alaska. They certainly cannot be 
allocated with the ‘‘A. 1. holboellii,’”’ at least as that form is de- 
seribed. In the redpolls of Prince William Sound we appear 
to have a species which has defied differentiation from the 
interior stock in spite of the extreme nature of coastal climatic 
influences. This may be due to relatively recent immigration 
from the interior, too recent to have resulted as yet in the de- 
velopment of characters sufficiently gross to be perceived. 
Calcarius lapponicus alascensis Ridgway. Alaska Longspur. 
On a mountain at about 2000 feet altitude on Knight Island, 
Aueust 25, Hasselbore saw a flock of four birds, which at first 
sight were mistaken for pipits. One of these was shot, proving 
to be an Alaska lonespur (no. 1388). Heller noted longspurs 
on a mountain on Dise Island, September 4. Miss Alexander 
secured a specimen (no. 1387) at about 2400 feet altitude, at 
Thompson’s Pass, on the Eagle Government Trail, August 31. 
The above two examples are in complete first-winter plumage. 
I should infer that the Alaska longspur occurs in the Prince 
William Sound region only as a transient. 
