THE BIRD BOOK 
524. Gray-crowned Rosy Finch. Leueosticte 
tephrocotis tephrocotis. 
Range. — Rocky Mountain region from Saskatchewan 
south to northern United States and also 
breeding in the Sierra Nevadas; winters 
on the lowlands of northwestern United 
States and east to Manitoba. 
The habits and breeding habits of this 
species are like those of the last. The 
bird is paler colored and the gray is re- 
stricted to the hind part of the head. 
They nest on the ground in June, laying White 
four or five white eggs. 
524a. Hepburn Rosy Finch. Leueosticte tephrocotis 
littoralis. 
Range. — Higher ranges from Washington and British 
Columbia to Alaska. 
This variety is like the Aleutian Leueosticte but the 
brown is a great deal paler. The nesting habits and eggs 
are, in all probability, like those of the last. 
525. Black Rosy Finch. Leueosticte atrata. 
Range.- — Rocky Mountain region of northern United States; known to breed 
in Idaho. 
This species is black in place of the brown of the others; the gray is restrict- 
ed to the hind part of the head and the rosy is rather more extensive on the 
wings. Their eggs probably cannot be distinguished from those of the Gray- 
crowned variety. 
52(1. Brown-capped Rosy Finch. Leueosticte australis 
Range. — Breeds at high altitudes in the Rockies in Colo- 
rado; south to New Mexico in winter. 
A similar bird to the Gray-crowned Leueosticte but with 
no gray on the head. They nest on the ground above 
timber line on the higher ranges of the Rockies. 
527- Greenland Redpoll. Acanthis hornemanni 
hornemanni. 
Range. — Greenland and northern Europe; south in winter 
to Labrador. 
This large Redpoll nests at low elevations in trees and 
bushes, its habits and eggs being similar to the more com- 
mon American species. 
527a. Hoary Redpoll. Acanthis hornemanni exilipes. 
Range. — Breeds in the Arctic regions and winters south 
to the northern parts of the United States. 
This variety is smaller than the last and is considerably 
darker but still retains the white rump of the Greenland 
Redpoll. Its nesting habits are the same as those of the 
next. 
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