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Hoary redpoll (Cardtielis homemannt), Csr, Ufm (20 June- 

 6 November). Specimens: RMS 1974/ 119/05, RMS 1974/ 119/07, and 

 RMS1974/1 19/17. 



Hoary redpolls nested in at least two coastal areas and were found 

 inland and on the coast in fall. This species or intermediates 

 (hoary x common redpolls) nested at Chagvan Bay (D. F. Parmelee and 

 J. M. Parmelee, unpublished), and probably nested within 10 km of 

 Goodnews Bay at the Salmon River (Platinum), Red Mountain, the 

 Platinum camp, and Kemuk Mountain. Migrating or wintering hoary 

 redpolls were seen between 12 September and 6 November at Good- 

 news Bay and at the Tuluksak River. In fall at both locations, hoary 

 redpolls were more common than common redpolls. 



Hoary redpoUs and intermediates (DNW photos) were in nesting 

 territories (9-350 m asl) either in low-to-tall riparian shrub sheltered by 

 cutbanks or at the upper edge of subalpine low shrub habitats. At Chagvan 

 Bay, two freshly built nests were found on 24 May and another on 26 May, 

 and one egg was in one nest on 26 May 1987 (D. F. Parmelee and J. M. 



Fig. 24. Territorial male redpolls collected within 100 m of each other at the 

 mouth of the Salmon River (Platinum); June 1974. Subsequent electrophoretic 

 analysis of feather proteins indicated they were Carduelis Jlammea Qop) and 

 C.flammea x homemanni. Photo by D. N. Weir. 



