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162. Loxia leucoptera. 



WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



A winter visitor. Much less common than the preceding. 

 A line male killed at Utica May 5, 1900 (an uncommonly late 

 date) by Egbert Bagg, Jr., was in company with two or three 

 females and some common crossbills. 



163. Acanthis linaria linaria. 



REDPOLL. 



A rare winter visitor. 



164. Acanthis linaria rostrata. 



GREATER REDPOLL. 



Taken at Locust Grove, Lewis County, by C. H. Merriam, 

 M. D. 



165. Astragalinus tristis tristis. 



GOLDFINCH. 

 An abundant summer resident. Breeds. Occasionally win- 

 ters. Arrives May 4 to 8. 



166. Spinus pinus. 



PINE SISKIN. 

 Seen occasionally throughout the county during migrations. 

 Apparently a resident in the West Canada Creek Valley. 

 Messrs. Shepard and Hughes found them in large numbers 

 near Remsen April 4 to 9, 1889, apparently mated and prepar- 

 ing to nest, but a careful search a week or two later failed to 

 find them. On March 8, 1895, I found a large flock at Joe's 

 Lake, singing in the tops of the trees, where the morning sun 

 shone on them, though it was midwinter weather, snow deep, 

 and ice on the lake several feet thick— not the first sign of 

 spring. 



