CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 467 



CCXIV. ACANTHIS Bechstein. 1803. 

 527. Greenland Redpoll. 



Acanthis hornemannii (Holb.) Stejn. 1884. 

 Said to be constantly resident in Greenland and a regular breeder 

 but no further south than lat. 70° north. {^Arct. Man.) Very 

 abundant in winter in northern Labrador. Not occurring in summer 

 from May 15th to September ist of each year. (Packard.) Fort 

 Churchill, Hudson bay. (Clarke.) 



About the year 1863, a friend who used to join me in some of my 

 local collecting trips, was in the town of Gait, Ont., and seeing a 

 small flock of large hght-coloured redpolls, secured two of the lot and 

 sent them to me in the flesh. (Mcllwraith.) 



527a. Hoary RedpoU. 



Acanthis hornemannii exilipes (Coues) Stejn. 1884. 



Abundant and resident in Labrador; breeds plentifully at Fort 

 Chimo, where nests and eggs were obtained by Nelson. (Packard.) 



A small flock observed by me at Lansdowne, Ont., in March, 1897, 

 feeding on the ground on hemlock seeds. (Rev. C. 'J. Young.) 

 Specimens of this bird, taken by Mr. W. L. Scott in the spring of 

 1883, were identified by Dr. Coues. It is also included in the Ust of 

 arrivals for 1887 on March 19th. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 

 Irregular winter resident at Toronto, Ont.; during the winter of 

 1896 a flock of redpolls was observed at East Toronto; I secured 

 nine specimens from what I was given to understand was the same 

 flock. Mr. Ridgway identified them all as Acanthis exilipes. The 

 specimens were taken in February and March, 1897. I have ex- 

 amined a specimen taken by Mr. Kay at Port Sydney, Muskoka 

 district. (/. H. Fleming.) One specimen killed out of a large flock 

 of redpolls at Hamilton beach, Ont., by Mr. K. C. Mcllwraith on 

 6th April, 1885. (Mcllwraith.) In the early spring of 1881 these 

 birds appeared near London, Ont., in considerable number but have 

 not been seen since that time. (yV. E. Saunders.) Three specimens 

 from York Factory and one from Fort Churchill, Hudson bay 

 collected in July, 1900, are referable to this form. (E. A. Preble.) 



