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biles with its sharp beak, and along the roadsides and wide fields covered 

 with weeds, feeding on the seeds of amaranth, goosefoot and ragweed, and 

 frequently enters the gardens in the outskirts of towns and cities to feed 

 on the weeds projecting above the snow. In notes and habits it reminds 

 one very much of the Goldfinch. It is unsuspicious and often allows one 

 to approach closely, without taking wing; sometimes, however, the whole 

 flock will rise suddenly without a moment's warning, wheeling around 



Greater redpoll J Holboell redpoll c? 



Acanthis linaria rostratus (Coues) Acanthis holboelli (Brehm) 



Redpoll c? 

 Acanthis linaria linaria (Linnaeas) 

 From New York specimens in the State Museum. I nat. size 



over the swamp and disappearing entirely from view. " The distinct 

 call notes of this species are at least four in number; a long drawn, shrill 

 ' buzz ' very similar to one note of the Pine siskin, but thinner and longer; 

 a conversational twittering uttered when several birds are feeding together, 

 difficult to distinguish from the corresponding note of the siskin but some- 

 what more rolling ; a ' ker-weet ' extremely similar to the long plaintive call 

 of the American goldfinch but distinguishable, being different in tone; and 

 lastly, a common, loud twittering or rolling call uttered when the bird 



