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Acanthis linaria linaria (Linnaeus). Redpoll. 



On Kupreanof Island, in April, the redpolls were fairly 

 common, in flocks together with the white-winged crossbills. 

 They were shy and restless, moving continually from place to 

 place, and were consequently hard to secure. After leaving 

 Kupreanof, April 24, the species was lost sight of, and w^as not 

 seen again until August 17, at Thomas Ba.y, when Hasselborg 

 secured a bird in the streaked juvenal plumage, from a flock of 

 the same species. Were it not for this juvenal I would suppose 

 the species to be merely a winter resident or transient in the 

 region ; and the capture of this young bird by no means consti- 

 tutes a breeding record, as the flock containing it may well have 

 wandered from somewhere in the interior, other birds having 

 begun to move at this time. 



Five specimens were secured : two adult males and two adult 

 females from Kupreanof (nos. 9548-9551), and the young bird 

 mentioned above (no. 9552). These are not perceptibly difl^erent 

 from others from the interior of Alaska and other parts of North 

 America. 



Spinus pinus (Wilson). Pine Siskin. 



In view of the abundance of the species on Admiralty and 

 Chichagof islands, as reported by the 1907 Expedition, it seems 

 strange that we found it at so very few points. A few flocks of 

 siskins were seen at Boca de Quadra, and a number on the 

 Chickamin River. At the latter place they were feeding in 

 company with the Sitka crossbill, and in both localities they kept 

 high in the trees, out of shotgun range for the most part. One 

 specimen was secured, an adult male (no. 9547), Chickamin 

 River, June 24. This bird is very dark colored, though not more 

 so than some individuals from other localities. 



Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis (Linnaeus). Snow Bunting. 



A single bird was seen on the wharf at Douglas Island, oppo- 

 site Juneau, on the morning of April 9, feeding among the refuse 

 and hopping about through the litter on the dock. 



