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a general Imtl'y suiVusieii, espeeially on f(iro parts; eiigiugs of wing lilunrise Imtfy ; streaks below 

 less sluirply lU'tinod ; uriuison of crown restricteil, or of a coppery or bronzy tint. In wtirn miil- 

 suuinier plumage tlic bird is very dark colored, almost entirely dnsky. This bright little bird 

 inhabits northerly parts of both hemispheres, irregularly south iu winter in N. Am. to about 

 .'55°; at times abundant, but erratic. Eggs i-5, very pale libiish, finely speckled all over with 

 reddish-brown, 0.65 X 0.52. Nest iu low trees and bushes. 



•i08. ,E. 1. hoI'boelU. (To C- Ilolbiill, a Danish naturalist.) IIOLBilLL's Keii-poll. Like the 

 last ; larger; length 6.00 or more ; wing 3.25 ; tail 2.75 ; bill longer and less constricted, with 

 straight lateral outlines and rather curved culnien. Eurojie and N. Am., especially Canada and 

 New England. 



•iO'J. JE. lior'ucinauni. (To J. W. Horneniann. Fig. 216.) GRE1C^'LAN1) Mealy Rbd-poi.l. 

 Bill regularly conic^ only moderately compressed and acute, as high at base as long, color 

 varying with season from black to yellow. Frontlet black, overlaid with hoary. A recogni- 

 zable light superciliary stripe, reaching to the bill. Crimson cap over nearly all the crown. 

 Up|ier parts streaked with browni.sh-black and white, the latter edging and tipping the featheis ; 

 this white nearly jmre, only slightly tlaxen on sides of head and neck. Wings and tail as iu 

 other species. l!ump and entire under parts from the sooty throat white, free from spots, the 

 rump and breast rosy. Feet large and stout; tarsus rather longer than middle toe and claw. 

 Length 6.00 ; wing 3.o0 ; tail 2.S0 ; bill 0.3-1 ; tarsus 0.65 ; nuddle toe and claw 0.58. Sexual 

 and seasonal changes as before ; (piite dark in uddsummer. Greenland and N. Europe. This 

 large lioary northern form is resident ; never known to occur in the U. S., and most of the ci>n- 

 tinental l\ed-polls of even Arctic N. Am. belong to the next species. 



210. JE. exl'lipes. (Lat. fa(7(>, exiguous, small ; jjcs, foot.) American Mealy Ked-poll. Bill 

 small, short, stout at base, regularly conic, little eomin-essed, all its outlines about straight ; 

 nasal plmnules very heavy, sometimes reaching half-way to tip of bill. Frontlet dusky, but 

 the feathers tipped with hoary ; au appreciable light superciliary liue ; lores and throat-spot 

 dusky. General color of upper parts as in }i»aria, but the dusl,-y streaks are smaller and less 

 distinct, osjiecially on the anterior parts ; and the tlaxen is very pale, nearly white, disappear- 

 ing entirely on lower back, leaving a space streaked cmly with dusky and white. IJmnp snowy- 

 whit(>, rosy-tinted, immaculate. Wings and tail as iu other species ; under parts white, the 

 breast with a rosy tint, paler than in Unaria of same age and season ; the sides streaked M-ith 

 dusiiy, the markings sparser and less definite than in liiiaria : crissum almost immaculate. 

 Feet very small and weak, the toes especially shorter. Length 5.50 ; extent 9.00 ; wing 3.00 ; 

 tail 2.50 ; tarsus 0.55 ; middle toe without claw 0.28 : middle toe and claw shorter than "tarsus ; 

 bill 0.32. Seasonal and sexual ditterences as before. This form inhabits the whole of boreal 

 America, seldom reaching the U. S. and only along the northern tier of States. 



69. LIXO'TA. (Latinized from Fr. Ihiottc, a linneL) Linxets. Character of ^EgiothKS in 

 term ; no crinismi crown. European. 



•-ill. L. flavii-os'tris brew'steri? (Lat. flarirosMs, yellow-billed. To Wni. Brewster, of Cam- 

 bridge.) BRE^YSTER's LiXNET. With the general appearance of an immature .^ijiothus, 

 this bird will be recognized by absence of crimson on crown, no black throat-spot, a sulphnr- 

 yellowish shade on lower back, and somewhat difi'erent proportions. Wing 3.00; tail 2.50; 

 tarsus 0.50. JIassachnsetts, one specimen known, (^giothus HavirosMs, var brew^teri 

 Ridg., Am. Nat., vi, July, 1872, p. i33 ; Hist. N. A. B., i, ]S7i, p. 501. Conjectured to be 

 uEfiiothiis hnaria X Chri/somitris phius.) 



JO. CHKYSOMI'TRIS. (Gr. xpvcro^iVpif, c7ir((soH((7r/s, having a golden head-dress.) Siskins. 

 Bill exceedingly acute; its lateral outlines concave by compression of the sides toward the end, 

 culmeu and gonys about straight, commissure angulated, cutting edges inflected, no ridges on 

 either mandible. Nasal tufts concealing the nostrils in their" short fossw. Win.-s^lon^- 

 ex.'cediug the short, emargiuate tail ; point formed by the 1-3 or i quills, 5 and rest^ rapidh' 



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