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one male, taken March 3rd, and a male and female taken March 

 15th, 1888, at Lome Park, near Toronto, Ont., were determined 

 to be this form by Mr. Ridg-way. (Thompson-Setonm Trans. Can. 

 Inst., III., 1892, p. 64.) One specimen of this race was taken on 

 the Kowak River, April loth, 1899. {Grinnell.) Breeding on 

 Herschell Island and other Arctic islands. {Ridgway.) 



5285 Greater Redpoll. 



Acanthis linaria rostrata (Coues) Stejn. 1884. 



Said to breed generally throughout Greenland, suitable local- 

 ities being of course understood, but is migratory there. {Arct. 

 Man.) Occasionally met with in New Brunswick. {Chamberlain^ 

 Among a number of redpolls from Parry Sound district examined 

 by Mr. Ridgway were specimens intermediate between this 

 species and 'A. linaria. I have, however, seen typical specimens 

 from Muskoka; occurs in Toronto regularly in flocks of A.linaria. 

 {J. H. Fleming?^ Among a number of redpolls sent to Washing- 

 ton for determination by Mr. Ridgway is a young male taken at 

 Toronto by Mr. Cross on February loth, 1890, and an adult 

 female taken at Lome Park, November 9th, 1899, which were pro- 

 nounced the greater redpoll. (Thompson-Seton in Trans. Can. Inst., 

 III., 1892, p. 64.) 



Bbeeding Notes. — A few pairs breed in northern Labrador, 

 though its summer home is in Greenland. I have three sets of 

 eggs of this bird that were collected by Mr. Ford at Ungava Bay, 

 northern Labrador, June 15th, 1894. The nests were built in 

 willows two or three feet from the ground and contained five eggs 

 each which are easily distinguished from the common redpoll by 

 their larger size. This bird is more abundant in south Greenland. 

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Goldfinch. 



Carduelis elegans Stephens. 1826. 

 A male European goldfinch was collected May 21st, 1887, by 

 Daniel S. Cox, about a mile north of Toronto city limits — one out 

 of four — while resting on the top of a beech tree. The remaining 

 three flew off in a northerly direction. The birds were evidently 

 in a natural condition and migrants from the south, doubtless 

 from the New York colony. (William Brodiem The Auk, Vol. 

 v., p. 211. "> 



