PERCHING BIRDS 
528. Redpoll. Acanthis linaria linaria. 
Range. — Breeds within the Arctic Circle; 
winters south to New York, Kansas and north- 
ern California and casually farther. 
This species is similar to the last but mucn 
darker, and the rump is also streaked with 
blackish. These handsome birds are often met 
with in winter, feeding on seeds 
of the weed stems that project 
above the snow. Their flight 
and song is similar to that of the 
Goldfinch or Pine Siskin. They 
nest at low elevations, either in 
Bluish green t rees or bushes. The eggs num- 
ber from three to six and are pale bluish, spar- 
ingly specked with reddish brown. Size .65 x 
.50. Data. — Mouth of Great Whale River, Hud- 
son Bay, May 16, 1899. Nest in a willow 4 feet 
from the ground; made of fine rootlets and 
grass, lined with feathers. Collector, A. P. 
Lowe. 
Redpoll 
528a. Holboll’s Redpoll. Acanthis linaria holhcelli. 
Range. — Arctic regions; south casually to the border of the United States. 
A slightly larger variety of the common Redpoll. Eggs probably not dis- 
tinguished. 
528b. Greater Redpoll. Acanthis linaria rostrata. 
Range. — Breeds in southern Greenland; in winter south through Labrador to 
the northern border of the United States. 
This variety is larger and darker than the common Redpoll. It has been 
found breeding abundantly in southern Greenland, where its nesting habits are 
the same as those of the Redpoll and the eggs 
similar but averaging a trifle larger. 
Goldfinch 
5 29. Goldfinch. Astragalinus tristis tristis 
Range. — North America east of the Rockies, 
and from Labrador and Manitoba southward. 
These beautiful birds are 
among our sweetest song- 
sters from May until Sep- 
tember. They are resident 
throughout their United States 
range, where they breed in 
August or early in Septem- Bluish white 
ber, being one of the latest nesting birds that 
we have. Their nests are located in bushes, at 
a height of generally below fifteen feet above 
the ground, being placed in upright forks, and 
made of plant fibres and thistle down, firmly 
woven together. They lay from three to six 
plain bluish white eggs. Size .65 x .50. The ma- 
jority of nests that I have found have been in 
alders over small streams, 
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