234 FINCII ics, SPA aaows, ETC. 
     
    
   
   
    
     or less marked with lililk‘k on the lvaek: lielly whitish; wings and tail black, 
     
     the greater and middle wing—eoverts, and sometimes tertials, tipped with 
     
     white. ml. ‘3 .ilmll olive—green. yellow on the ramp. ei'uyer on the under 
     
     parts. mottled with lilaekish on the head and haek; wings and tail as in 
     
     the 6. lm. 5 .mSimilar to 9 , lint passes through a party—colored plumage 
     
     while heeominj,r mature. and, as in the preeeding species7 is sahjeet to much 
     
     variation. 14.. 0'05; “2, h" "; ’l‘., 2'41; 13.. '4'2. 
     
    

    
     lt’rz/q/t‘.il‘>reeds from the Northern States northward: in winter wanders 
     
     irregularly soutlnranl. sometimes rear-hing lllinois and Virginia. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     \\';ishiiigtoii. easual. Sing hing, rare T. V., ()et. ‘21! to Ilee. 6. Cambridge7 
     
     irregular \\'. V. 
     
    

    
     Ales-tr, ot' twigs and strips of liireh hark, covered exteriorly with moss 
     
     (IE/mt), and lined with soft moss and hair, on the fork of an evergreen in 
     
     deep forests. fig/ya, three ( f}, pale blue. spotted and streaked near larger end 
     
     with reddish lirown and lilac, N) x {)5 ((diamlverlain). 
     
    

    
     Colonel Goss writes that in gene 'al habits these birds resemble the 
     
     Ameri 'an Crossbill. Their flight is swift and undulating. While 
     
     feeding and moving about they are quite noisy, almost constantly 
     
     uttering a plaintive u'hvep or c/zeeping note. Their song is low, soft, 
     
     and sweet, much like that of the Ameriean Goldfinch. 
     
    
   
   
    
     527. Acanthishomemannfit/l~ib.). Gm ’LANDREDI‘OLL—Siml- 
     
     lar to the next, but "larger (length aluult 5'507o50). with proportionally 
     
     thicker and less aeute hill. 6 \\'., 3'37 ; 'l‘., 2'75; exposed eulmen, '35; depth 
     
     of B. at liase7 '31.” 
     
    

    
     la.’mz{m.—“ Northern Greenland (breeding from 011°???" N. latitude) and 
     
     'astern aretie America, south to :Lillll‘iltlfll' in winter” (liidgwjl. 
     
    
   
   
    
     527a,. A. h. exilipes (I'm/ml. lioam‘ REDPHLL. Ail. 5.—Bill very 
     
     sharply pointed, a small tut‘t of ln'istl)‘ feathers over the nostrils; crown—cap 
     
     hrieht red : hack dark grayish lirown, the feathers more or less margined with 
     
     white; rump white, generally unstreaked, and tinged with pink; wings and 
     
     tail brownish t'nseous, the fathers all more, or less edged with white; middle 
     
     of the throat lilaekish. breast tinged with pink, lielly white, a few streaks on 
     
     the side. Ad. ‘2.~.\'imilar. hut with no pink on the rump or hreast. lm.# 
     
     Similar to the 9, lrut without the red erewnseali. 14.. 5'00; \\'., 3'00; '1‘., 
     
     “~30; PL. all). 
     
    
   
   
    
     ji‘«//uu-17x.v'l‘liis speeies is to he distinguished from Aral/Mix [in/[rill and 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     its raees h)- the greater amount of white in its plumage, its unstreaked rump, 
     
     and comparatively unstreaked under parts. 
     
    

    
     [Kenya—Areth- regions; south in winter rarely to the northern United 
     
     States. 
     
    

    
     (‘amhridetu casual W. V. 
     
    

    
     Jinx-I, of grass and twigs lined with feathers. in a low tree, or on the 
     
     ground. [Ly/{Lu three to tire. white. tinged with blue or green, spolted with 
     
     reddish brown, '65 x '5)“ tt'hainlierlaini. 
     
    
   
   
    
     528. Acanthis linaria. (It'll/1.). Rum-om“ Ad. 6.—Bill very 
     
    
   
   
    
     sharply pointed, a small tut't of lvristly leathers over the nostrils; erewnreap