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the Brooks Range. There a few hoary redpolls are also winter 

 residents. 



Hoary redpolls have been reported in southern Yukon only from 

 Forty Mile (Rand 1946) . Since that country has been traveled by 

 a number of observant naturalists, the lack of records mdicates that 

 the large hoary redpoll populations of Alaska and Mackenzie are 

 separated in the south but connected in the north. 



The Indians call this bird Taloo. 



Acanthis flammea flammea (Linnaeus) 



Males 



Females 





Weight 



Fat 



TesUs 



DaU 



(g.) 





(mm.) 



May 21 



12.3 



VLF 



5x7, 4.5x5 



May 24 



12.8 



NF 



6x8.5, 5x6 



May 31 



lao 



MF 



5x6, 5.5x5.5 





12.2 



LF 



6.5x6, 5x6 



Junes 



13.6 



MF 



6x7, 5x6 



June 6 



12.4 



NF 





June 9 









June 12 



13.0 



LF 



5x6, 5.6x6 



June 17 



12.8 



NF 



5.5x7, 5.5x6 



June 26 



14.5 



LF 



7x8, 7x7 



Weight 



to.) 



Fat 



Eggs 



1 egg, brood patch, 

 2 empty follicles 



15.7 



¥ 





11.2 



LF 



1. 75 mm. 



14.9 



F 



1. 76 mm. 



(aver.) 13. 1 



The earliest common redpoll observed was collected on May 21. 

 Thereafter specimens were sought more eagerly than were hoary 

 redpolls, but in spite of our bias it seemed that after their migratory 

 arrival common redpolls were more numerous than hoary redpolls. 

 On Jmie 1 a redpoll's nest with two eggs was found and on June 17 

 a nest was found with five slightly incubated eggs, but neither parent 

 was identified. A female specimen of common redpoll had laid two 

 eggs on June 5. 



The common redpolls at Old Crow were less fat than the hoary 

 redpolls and weighed slightly less. The average weight of common 

 redpolls at Old Crow, 13.1 grams, was not significantly different from 

 the average 12.9 grams at Anaktuvuk. Common redpolls are not 

 known to winter in either locality, but they are found near Nulato 

 (Dall, 1869) and at Forty Mile (Rand, 1946) . This sight record ap- 

 pears to indicate winter residence, and one of Grinnell's (1909) speci- 

 mens from Forty Mile was dated November 5. The wintering common 

 redpolls of southern Mackenzie or Alaska might be the source of the 

 nesting common redpolls. We have no indication of which direction 

 they travel to Old Crow, but it seems likely that it is either eastward 

 or westward, rather than northward over the Ogilvie Mountains. 



Common redpolls are recorded from various parts of Yukon (Rand, 

 1946) and their distribution seems to be continuous in summer across 

 Yukon and is probably continuous across southern Yukon in winter. 



