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Latest record. New Haven, Feb. 21, 1900, Feb. 26, 1888 

 (C. C. T.) ; Portland, May 12, 1900. 



Connecticut records. Dec. 25, 1874, Jan. 27, 1875, Portland 

 (J. H. S.) ; Jan., Feb., March, 1875, "not uncommon" (Mer- 

 riam) ;^ Dec. 7, 9, 1880, Norwich (Case, recorded by S. T. Hol- 

 brook) f Feb. 10-26, 1888, New Haven (Trowbridge) ; Dec, 

 1889, New Haven (H. W. F.) ; Jan. 27, 1894 (A. H. V.) ; (for 

 winter, 1899-1900, see next paragraph) ; winter, 1903-4, New 

 Canaan (reported by Hoyt) ; Nov. i, 1906, Stony Creek (A. H. 

 V.) ; Nov. 3 — Dec. 15, 1906, New Haven, common (L. B. B. and 

 E. S. W.) ; Jan. 5 — Feb. 20, 1907, New Haven (A. A. S.) ; Feb. 

 27 — March 2, 1909, Middletown, two remained feeding in a 

 spruce tree for several days (Bliss). 



Unusual flight, winter, 1899-1900. A great flight of this 

 species that visited New England this winter reached southern 

 Connecticut, being frequently noted in several places: Portland, 

 Dec. 14 — April 16, frequently seen, especially abundant in Jan. 

 and Feb. (J. H. S.) ; New London, until March i, in large num- 

 bers (Hill) ; Saybrook, early in Nov., through Dec. (J. N. C.) ; 

 Guilford, Jan. 24 (A. H. V., L. B. B.) ; New Haven, common in 

 flocks Feb. 6-21 (L. B. B.) ; Bridgeport, Feb. 27, hundreds seen 

 (Beers); Stamford, March 10 (Hoyt). They obtained a large 

 portion of their food from the fallen seeds of the hemlock, feed- 

 ing among the dry leaves like sparrows. 



Acanthis hornemanni exilipes (Coues). Hoary Redpoll. 



Connecticut record. Nov. 24, 1906, East Haven, an adult 

 female shot from a flock of common Redpolls by L. B. B. in 

 company with E. S. W. 



Acanthis linaria linaria (Linnaeus). Redpoll. 



An irregular winter resident; formerly sometimes common; 

 scarce between 1882 and 1906 in southern Connecticut. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Nov. 24, 1906, Oct. 29, 1906 

 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, Nov. 27, 1889. 



Latest record. New Haven, April 5, 1907 (A. A. S.) ; Port- 

 land, May II, 1900. 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 35. 

 * 0. and O., vi, 4, p. 31. 



