Such" an instance occurred at Riverdale, N. Y., where it was found 

 nesting- on April 22, 1874 Bicknell, Bull. X. O. C IV, 1880, p. 7). 



Fig. 19. A.mkmcan Crossbill. 



231. Loxia leucoptera Gmel. White-winged Crossbill. 

 (522.) — This species has much the same distribution as the preced- 

 ing but does not wander so far south. It is here of more rare and 

 irregular occurrence in winter than the preceding species. 



232. Acanthis linaria {Linn.). Redpoll. (528.)— " Xorthern 

 portions of the X T orthern Hemisphere, south irregularly in winter, 

 in Xorth America, to the Middle States." This species is here an 

 irregular winter visitant, sometimes occurring in considerable 

 numbers. 



233. Acanthis linaria rostrata (Brehm). Holbcell's Red- 

 poll (528^.) — "Southern Greenland in summer, migrating south, 

 in winter, through Labrador to (sparingly) the northern border 

 of the United States (New England, lower Hudson Valley, north- 

 ern Illinois, etc.), and west to Manitoba" (Ridgw.). Two speci- 

 mens taken at Sing Sing, X. Y., are the only individuals of this 

 species which have been recorded from this vicinity (Fis/wr, Bull- 

 V I >. C, VIII, 1883, p. 121 



*234. Spinus tristis (Linn.. American Goldfinch. (529.1 

 — Eastern Xorth America, breeding from South Carolina to south- 

 ern Labrador, and wintering from the northern United States to 

 the Gulf. The Goldfinch, Yellowbird, or Thistlebird, is here a 

 common resident. 



