360 NESTS AND EOOS OF 



524o. HEPBURN'S LEXJCOSTICTE. Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis (Baird.) 

 Geog. Dist. — ^In summer, probably the interior mountainous regions of British Co- . 

 lumbia; In winter, northwest coast, from Kadiak southward, and eastward in the 

 Rocky Mountain region to Colorado. 



Hepburn's Leucosticte is of the same size as the last, but the gray of the head is 

 spread more or less extensively below the upper margin of the ear-coverts, some- 

 times covering the entire head. 



525. BLACK LETTCOSTICTE. Leucosticte atrata Ridgw. Geog. Dist.— In 

 winter, mountains of Colorado and Utah. 



The male of this species is of a sooty blackish color, the female sooty slate; the 

 head same as in the Gray-crowned Leucosticte. Breeds in the Salmon River Moun- 

 tains, Idaho, and probably other northern ranges. 



526. BROWN-CAPPED LEUCOSTICTE. Leucosticte australis Ridgw. Geog. 

 Dist. — High mountains of Colorado; in winter descending into the lower valleys, 

 New Mexico, etc. 



The Brown-capped Leucosticte breeds in the mountains of Colorado, above 

 timber line. The general color of the bird is light tawny brown. 



527. GREENLAND REDPOLL. Acanthis hornemannii (Holb.) Geog. Dist. — 

 Greenland and Eastern Arctic America. 



According to Hagerup this species is a resident of Greenland, breeding quite 

 commonly north of 69° The nest is placed in trees or bushes and is composed of 

 moss, grass, lined with vegetable down. Seebohm states that the eggs of this species are 

 similar to those of the Mealy Redpoll, A. linaria, of Linnaeus. 



527a. HOARY REDPOLL. Acanthis hornemannii exilipes (Coues.) Geog. 

 Dist. — Circumpolar continental regions; Arctic America. 



The Hoary Redpoll Linnet inhabits the whole of boreal America, and it is found 

 in abundance from Alaska to the Atlantic coast, rarely reaching the United States, 

 and then only along the northern tier of States in winter. It breeds in high latitudes, 

 nesting in trees and bushes. The nest is described as rather bulky, composed of 

 small twigs, straws, etc., mixed and lined with feathers. The eggs are two to five 

 in number, of pale bluish-green, speckled chiefly about the larger end, with reddish- 

 brown, sometimes mixed with a few black specks and lines. Ridgway gives the 

 average size of the eggs as .68x.51. 



X 528. REDPOLL. Acanthis linaria (Linn.) Geog.. Dist.— Northern portions of 

 Northern Hemisphere; in North America migrating south in winter to the Middle 

 United States, Virginia, etc. 



The Redpoll Linnet occurs in the United States as a winter migrant. It comes 

 south from its breeding grounds in high latitudes, often in company with Pine 

 Grosbeaks and Crossbills, but is so erratic in its movements that its appearance can- 

 not be relied upon. It breeds occasionally in Northern New England ; also in Nova 

 Scotia, Newfoundland, and commonly in Labrador and all the Fur Countries. Dr. 

 Stejneger says that this form of the Redpoll seems to be the common breeding bird 

 on the mainland of Kamchatka, where he took a very young specimen near 

 Petropaulski on the 4th of July. He does not think that this species breeds on the 

 Islands, as none were met with from the end of May until the beginning of November. 



