. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. REDPOLL. LESSER REDPOLL. REDPOLL LINNET. ACANTHIS LINARIA, Char. Above, brownish gray streaked with dusky; rump white, tinged with rose pink and streaked with dusliy; forehead with patch of deep carmine; wings duslcy brown with two white bars; below, white, sides heavily streaked with dusky; chin and throat dusky; breast deep rose pink. Bill extremely acute ; in winter its color is yellow tipped with black, but in summer the color is dull blackish. (Female differs from male only in
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. REDPOLL. LESSER REDPOLL. REDPOLL LINNET. ACANTHIS LINARIA, Char. Above, brownish gray streaked with dusky; rump white, tinged with rose pink and streaked with dusliy; forehead with patch of deep carmine; wings duslcy brown with two white bars; below, white, sides heavily streaked with dusky; chin and throat dusky; breast deep rose pink. Bill extremely acute ; in winter its color is yellow tipped with black, but in summer the color is dull blackish. (Female differs from male only in lacking the red tints on rump and breast.) Length 4% to 5 inches. Nest. In a low tree or amid a tuft of grass; composed of dry grass and moss lined with hair or feathers or plant down. Eggs. 4-5; white tinged with green or blue, spotted with reddish brown ; X These elegant birds, which only pay us occasional and transient visits at distant intervals, are inhabitants of the whole Arctic circle to the coniines of Siberia, and are found in Kam- tschatka and Greenland as well as the colder parts of Europe. Arriving in roving flocks from the northern wilds of Canada, they are seen at times in the western parts of the State of New York with the fall of the first deep snow, and occasionally pro- ceed eastward to the very city of New York, where in the depth of winter, and for several weeks, they have been seen gleaning their scanty food of various kinds of seeds in the gardens of the town and suburbs. Plocks are likewise some- limes seen in the vicinity of Philadelphia in severe winters, though at remote periods; as according to Mr. Ord they have not visited that part of Pennsylvania since the winter of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1
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