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79. Acanthis linaria (Linnaeus), redpoll. 
Eskimo: Anarak, according to Kumlien. 
Under Aegiothus linaria, Kumlien (1879, p. 75) lists this species as 
common from Nugumeute to Hudson strait and inland toward Nettilling 
lake. He found them about Niantilic and Kekerten islands in September 
and October, 1877. 
80. Acanthis linaria holboelli (Brehm). holboell redpoll. 
A specimen taken in Grinnell bay by Kumlien (1879, p. 76) on Septem- 
ber 3, 1877, was pronounced by Ridgway to be this species. Kumlien 
remarks: “It was the only specimen I procured that differed in the least 
from a typical linaria. ” 
81. Acanthis linaria rostra ta (Coues). greater redpoll. 
Eskimo: Saksariak. 
Five specimens of rostrata were taken at Blacklead island on Septem- 
ber 5 and 6, 1924. The species was next met on September 19 when a 
single bird was secured at the base of mount Duval, Pangnirtung. Single 
specimens were collected on September 21 and 27. On October 4, six 
were taken from a flock of about fifty that were feeding on willow and fire- 
flower ( Epilobium ) seeds on the slopes of Ptarmigan mountain, Pangnir- 
tung fiord. Redpolls thought to be this species were observed at intervals 
until November 20, 1924. No redpolls were seen in 1925 until September 
13, when a small flock was seen on the shore portage between Amittok 
and Katetukdjuak lakes. These birds were so dark that in the field they 
were referred to linaria, but they probably are referable to A. 1. rostrata , 
as no specimens of linaria were collected. Dark redpolls were rather 
commonly observed between September 14 and 19 at the head of Nettilling 
fiord, but none was secured. A single specimen of rostrata was taken at 
Pangnirtung on September 27, 1925. No redpolls were seen on the south 
coast of Baffin island during the summer of 1926. 
Under rostrata Hantzsch (1914, pp. 199-201) mentions redpolls first 
on April 26, 1910, probably at Blacklead island. Others were observed 
in the region of Nettilling fiord, between the last of May and June 12. 
None was seen by him during the summer of 1910 at his camps at Isoa and 
Tikerakdjuak, on Nettilling lake. Three were observed on the tundra along 
Koukjuak river on September 27, and a few in early October. Single birds 
were met with on Foxe basin between October 12 and 15. Only one spec- 
imen was collected by Hantzsch; it was taken at “Kangianga” (head of 
Nettilling fiord) on June 12, 1910, and referred by him to rostrata. Hesse 
(1915, pp. 199-201) in his account of the Hantzsch collection from Baffin 
island is inclined to refer this specimen to holboellii, basing his reference 
on wing measurements cited by Hartert and Schalow. 
82. Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis (Linnaeus), snow bunting. 
Eskimo : Kopenuak. Koppanoak, ~ak, -at; male, Amauligak; female, Arnauviak, accord- 
ing to Hantzsch. 
This is the most abundant land bird on Baffin island. It is common 
nearly everywhere over the western tundra region. It is the first small 
land bird to arrive in the spring and the last to leave in the autumn. No 
bird is more typical of the Arctic regions. 
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