6 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



)11 at Indian Head, Assa., which were common from April ist to 

 ith, 1892. {Spreadborough.) Carlton House, on the South 

 iskatchewan, November to March. {Blakiston vide Ridgway.) 

 orth to Lapierre's House, on the Mackenzie River ; common. 

 loss.) I carefully examined all flocks of'redpolls in the winter of 

 I97-98 in the Cariboo district, B.C., and only secured one specimen 

 at showed any approach to exilipes. {Brooks.) This is the prevail- 

 g species of the genus throughout northern Alaska, where it- 

 xurs in great numbers. It is indistinguishable from the common 

 dpoll except for the differences in coloration and is constantly, 

 isociated with them. {Nelson.) This species is a common bird 

 iroughout the entire territory of Alaska. {Turner.) This species 

 not common at Point Barrow, and only of irregular occurrence. 

 ^e only obtained one nest and saw very few birds. {Murdoch^ 

 he hoary redpoll was a common resident throughout the region 

 ound Kotzebue Sound. Out of 112 skins taken 104 were of this 

 )ecies. {Grinnell.) Sixteen specimens taken at Point Barrow, 

 laska, exhibit very little variation. {Witmer Stone) I secured 

 vo young from a flock about fifteen miles above Circle City, 

 .laska, August 13th, 1899 ; and Osgood, one on the 19th, from a 

 ock at Circle City ; rather common in small flocks at St. Michael 

 I September. {Bishop.) 



Breeding Notes. — The hoary redpoll was a common resident 

 iroughout the region under consideration. At Cape Blossom 

 uring July, 1898, they were mainly in pairs, though small com- 

 anies of from 4 to 8 were occasionally seen. They frequented 

 le dwarf willow and alder patches, especially among the hills 

 ack from the coast. Two nests were found on the 20th of July, 

 hey were each built in the crotches of low bushes about two 

 ;et from the ground, and were only one hundred feet apart on a 

 ope sparsely covered with small bushes. The nests were com- 

 osed of dried mildewed grasses externally, with a thick lining of 

 ottony dowff from the seed-cases of a kind of grass, and a few 

 gathers. One of the nests contained four eggs and the other five, 

 loth sets were far advanced in incubation and the latter set con- 

 lined one infertile egg. The female birds were sitting closely 

 'hen the nests were discovered, and in both cases I nearly 

 juched them before they slipped from the nests. They darted 

 uickly out of sight, making no solicitous demonstrations what- 

 ver. Another nest was found near Cape Blossom on July ist, 



