CATALOGUE OF CANi^DIAN BIRDS. 435 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. :^ 



One ; taken on Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver Island, July 

 17th, 1887, by Prof. Macoun. 



CXC. ACANTHIS Bechstein. 1803. 

 627. Greenland Redpoll. 



Acanthis hornemannii (Hole.) Stejn. 1884. 



Said to be constantly resident in Greenland ' and a regular 

 breeder but not further south than Lat. 70" north. {Arct. Man.) 

 Very abundant in winter in northern Labrador. Not occurring in 

 summer from May 15th to September ist of each year. {Packard.) 

 Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Clarke.) 



About the year 1863, a friend who used to join me in some of 

 my local collecting trips, was in the town of Gait, Ont,, and seeing 

 a small flock of large light-colored redpolls, secured two of the 

 Ipt and sent them to me in the flesh. {Mcllwraith.) 



52la. Hoary Redpoll. 



Acanthis hornemannii exilipes {Cov^s) Stejn. 1884. 



Abundant and resident in Labrador ; breeds plentifully at Fort 

 Chimo, where nests and eggs were obtained by Nelson. {Packard.) 



Specimens of this bird, taken by Mr. W. L. Scott in the spring 

 of -1883, were identified by Dr. Coues. It is also included in the 

 list of arrivals for 1887 on March 19th. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. 

 V.) During the winter of 1896 a flock of redpolls was observed 

 at East Toronto. I secured nine specimens from what I was 

 given to understand was the same flock. Mr. Ridgeway identified 

 them all as Acanthis exilpes. The specimens were taken in Feb- 

 ruary and March, 1897. I have examined a specimen taken by 

 Mr.Kay at Port Sydney, Muskoka District. (/. H. Fleming?) One 

 specimen killed out of a large flock of redpolls at Hamilton Beach, 

 Ont., by Mr. K. C. Mcllwraith on 6th April, 1885. {Mcllwraith) 

 Three specimens from York Factory and one from Fort Churchill, , 

 Hudson Bay, collected in July, 1900, are referable to this form. 

 {E. A. Prebles.) 



A migrant and winter vistitant in Manitoba. Specimens were 

 taken at Carberry in the early winter from a flock of A. linaria. 

 {Thompson-Seton.) Quite numerous in flocks of the common red- 



