Catalogue of Canadian Birds. 83 



Spinus tristis. 



AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. 



This species is better known as the "Thistle Finch," and in 

 some locahties is called " Wild Canary," a name which is also ap- 

 plied to the Yellow Warbler. It is an abundant summer resident 

 throughout Canada, north to Southern Labrador and the Valley 

 of the Saskatchewan. 



Spinus pinus. 



PINE SISKIN. 



A common summer resident of British Columbia, and a 

 winter visitor of the southern portions of Ontario and Quebec, 

 occurring, also, as a migrant, in Manitoba and the Maritime 

 Provinces. A few summer in New Brunswick. 



Passer domesticus. 



EUROPEAN HOUSE SPARROW. 



An introduced species which has become thoroughly natural- 

 ized, and is now found in almost all the towns between Halifax, 

 N. S., and Windsor, Ontario. 



Plectrophenax nivalis. 



snowflake. 



This species was formerly called the " Snow Bunting." It 

 occurs abundantly throughout the entire Dominion, breeding in 

 the Arctic regions and wintering along the southern border, and 

 south to Georgia and Kansas. 



Calcarius lapponicus. 



liAPIiAND I.ONGSPUB. 



Occurs from the Atlantic to the Great Plains (probably 

 to the Rockies), and north to sub-Arctic regions; in winter, 



