BIRDS OF WORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



89 



JSgiothus fuscescena Coues, Proo. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 380 (monogr.). 



[Linaria'] fuscescem Geay, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 110, no. 7655. 



[Mgiothus ttnarius.'} Var. fuscescem Coues, Key, 1872, 131. 



jEgioihus Knarius . . . var. fuscescem Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 146a. 



^giothus linaria, var. fuscescem Baird, Bkewee, and Bidgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, i, 1874, pi. 22, figs. 3, 5. 

 ■Fringilla rufescem (not Linaria rufescem Vieillot) Elwes and Buckley, Ibis, 1870, 



193 (Turkey, winter). 

 JEgioihus rufescem Alston and Habvie Brown, Ibis, 1863, 64. 

 Linota rufescem Seebohm and Harvib Beown, Ibis, 1876, 116 (lower Petchora, 



Siberia) . 

 Linota rufescem (?) Blakiston and Peyee, Trans. Asiat. Soc. Japan, viii, 1880, 233- 



X, 1882, 174. 

 -Liraaria ammcona Maximilian, Joum. fiir. Orn., vi, 1858, 333. 

 Fringilla linaria brevirostris Holmgeen, Skand. Fogl. , i, 1866, 328. 

 Acanthis intermedins Dybowski, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, viii, 1883, 366. 

 A.{canthis'] innominatus Dybowski, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, viii, 1883, 366 (Kamt- 



schatka). — Reichbnow and Schalow, Joum. fiir Orn., xxxiv, 1886, 106. 



ACANTHIS LINARIA HOLBCELLII (Brehm). 

 E0LB(ELL'8 REDPOLL. 



Exactly like A. I. linaria in coloration, but averaging decidedly 

 larger, especially the bill, the latter usually relatively longer. 



Achdt male.— Length (skins), 118.11-139.70 (127.25); wing, 72.14^ 

 77.47 (75.18); tail, 53.59-59.69 (56.90); exposed culmen, 8.89-10.41 

 (9.91); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.62 (7.37); tarsus, 14.73-16.00 

 (15.24); middle toe, 7.87-9.91 (8.89).^ 



Adult female.— LQr\gi}i (skins), 120.65-134.62 (126.73); wing, 69.09- 

 76.20 (72.90); tail, 54.86-61.47 (57.15); exposed culmen, 9.65-10.41 

 (9.91); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.62 (7.11); tarsus, 13.97-16.75 

 (14.99); middle toe, 7.62-8.13 (7.87).' 



' Twenty specimens. 



^ Seven specimens. 



Series from different localities average as follows: 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen. 



Depth 

 of bill 

 at base. 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Five adult males from Bering Island, Kamtsehatka. 

 Two adult males from Petropaulski, Kamtsehatka. . 



Four adult males from Hakodadi, Japan 



Three adult males from Krasnoyarsk, Siberia 



Four adult males from Sweden and Norway 



Two adult males from Quebec, Canada 



FEMALES.. 



Two adult females from Bering Island 



One adult female from Hakodadi 



Three adult females from Sweden and Norway 



One adult female from Quebec 



One adult female from Herschel Island (breeding) . 



75.95 

 74,42 

 74. C8 

 75.44 

 76.95 

 72.90 



73,91 

 73,15 

 73.15 



57.40 

 57.15 

 55. 12 

 69.69 

 57.40 

 54.61 



58.67 

 64.86 

 57.15 

 56,37 

 61,61 



10.16 

 9.40 

 9.65 



10.16 

 9.91 

 9,91 



9.91-t- 

 9,66 

 10.16 

 9.91 



7.37 



7.37 



7,11 



7,62 



7.37+ 



7.62 



7.11 

 7.11 

 7,37 

 7.11 

 6.36 



14.99 

 14.99 

 14.99 

 15.24 

 15,24 

 14.99 



16.24 

 15,49 

 14.48 

 14,99 

 16.24 



9.40 

 8.13 

 8.64 

 8.89 

 9,14 

 9.40-1- 



8.13 

 7,87 

 9.40 



