266 EXPLORATIONS IN THE FAR NORTH 



509. Scoleocophagus carolinus {Mull.). Rusty Blackbird. 

 Two specimens, 2; Chippewyan. May 19-23. Abundant. , 



510. Scoleocophagus cyanocephalus {Wagl.). 



Chu-tcuk-e-nu, C. Brewer's Blackbird. 

 Two specimens; one from Grand Rapids, Sept. 7; one from 

 Chippewyan, $, May 23. Abundant at the latter station. Grand 

 Rapids, sex ?, Sept. 6. 



515. Pinicola enucleator (Linn.). Pine Grosbeak. 



Four specimens, two $, two 9; Grand Rapids, Oct. 14-Nov. 17. 



517. Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.). Purple Finch. 



Two specimens, $; Chippewyan, $, June 5. Only two were 

 seen at that station. 



522. Loxia leucoptera Gmel. White-winged Crossbill. 



One specimen, 5; Grand Rapids, Nov. 3. A rare visitor. 



524. Leucosticte tephrocotis Swains. 



Gray-crowned Leucosticte. 



Seven specimens, three 6, four $; Crow Nest Pass, April 14. 

 Abundant. 



528. Acanthis linaria (Linn.). Redpoll. 



Fifty -two specimens; Grand Rapids, nine $, seventeen ?, 

 five ?, Oct. 27-Dec. 29; Crow Nest Pass, one 8, three ?, April 

 15; Rae, one 3, four ?, seven ?, Oct. 7-12; Herschel Island, 

 one ?, together with a nest and three eggs, July 16. Very 

 abundant at every post at which I collected. 



534. Plectrophenax nivalis (Linn.). Snowflake. 



Forty-three specimens; Grand Rapids, three S, two ?, Nov. 

 i-Dec. 15; Rae, eleven $, twenty ?, two ?, Oct. 5-13; Herschel 

 Island, five 3, July 16-18. Abundant in the winter at the first 

 station; killed by the natives about the buildings at Rae for 

 food during the fall migration. Common at Herschel Island 

 throughout the summer. I saw a large number in the Winni- 

 peg markets in March. 



