HOARY REDPOLL. 
527a. Acanthis hornemanni exilipes. 5 inches. 
These pretty little birds, with their caps of bright crimson 
and rosy breasts, are birds of the coldest regions, breeding 
in the Arctic regions, and wintering to the northern parts 
of the United States. 
Nest. —They build very large nests, mostly of small sticks 
and grass, and lined with tine grass and feathers, which aie 
placed usually within a foot or two of the ground in scrub 
bushes. Their three to five eggs are a light bluish green, 
with specks of brown, mostly about the larger end (.65x.50). 
REDPOLL. 
528. Acanthis linaria. 5 inches. 
Its range is the northern part of North America, breeding 
in Alaska, and wintering as far south as southern Oregon, or 
into California on the western coast, in the mountain regions 
above the timber line. In Colorado, they have been seen ^ 
10,000 feet, and with the temperature far below zero. Their 
nesting habits are the same as the above, and eggs are the 
same. 
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