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from a part of each barb. The general effect is that of a rosy 

 bird mottled with whitish spots. 



Female. — In natal down and ju\enal plumage indistinguish- 

 able from the male, no doubt, as is the case in allied species. 

 The first winter plumage, acquired b\' a partial postjuvenal 

 moult, not involving the wings nor the tail, is olive-bufT, similar 

 to L. c. jfiifior, from which it ma\' easily be distinguished by 

 the wing bands, and besides it is more distinctly mottled and 

 streaked with deeper olive-brown. The first nuptial is simph' 

 the previous plumage modified by wear. The adult winter 

 plumage is, of course, acquired by a complete postnuptial moult, 

 and shows a certain amount of \^ellow scattered throuo^h it, which 

 is somewhat brightened by wear becoming the adult nuptial 

 plumage. Females never become pink. 



Acanthis linaria (Linn.). Redpoll 



1. Natal Down. No specimen seen. 



2. Juvenal Plumage acquired by a complete postnatal 

 moult. 



Above, streaked with sepia and clove-brown with whitish edgings ; rump paler but 

 also streaked. Wings and tail clove brown with whitish or bufty edgings ; the 

 coverts, wing bands and tertiaries edged with pale cinnamon. Below dull 

 white streaked with clove-brown and washed with bufif on throat and sides. 

 Bill and feet of dry skin dull ochre. 



Description from a specimen taken in Labrador, August 27th. 



3. First Winter Plumage acquired by a partial post- 

 juvenal moult late in August, which apparently involves the 

 body plumage and wing coverts and not the rest of the wings 

 nor the tail. 



Above, wood-brown, sides of head and rump paler, streaked Avith olive-brown, the 

 feather edgings often whitish. Crown dull crimson, usually coppery. Wings 

 and tail deep olive-brown, the feathers with whitish edgings. Below white, 

 washed with buff on throat, sides and flanks, streaked laterally and on under 

 tail coverts with olive-brown. A dull brownish black chin spot. 



Some young birds may assume a few rosy breast feathers, but 

 they are characteristic of adults. 



Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., Sept. 7, 1900 — 12. 



