. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Ghav-cbowned Ro»y Finch. Leucotiicte trphrocoti* tephrocotit. Range.—Rocky Mountoln region from Saskatchewan south to northern United States and also breeding In the Sierra Nevadas; winters on the lowlands of northwestern United States and east to Manitoba. The habits and breeding habits of this species are like those of the last. The bird Is paler colored and the gray la re- stricted to the hind part of th
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Ghav-cbowned Ro»y Finch. Leucotiicte trphrocoti* tephrocotit. Range.—Rocky Mountoln region from Saskatchewan south to northern United States and also breeding In the Sierra Nevadas; winters on the lowlands of northwestern United States and east to Manitoba. The habits and breeding habits of this species are like those of the last. The bird Is paler colored and the gray la re- stricted to the hind part of the head. They nest on the ground In June, laying four or five white eggs. White 524a. Hepbi'bn Rosy FmrH. Lfueotticte tephrocotit lUtoralis. Range—Higher ranges from Washington and British Columbia to Alaska. This variety Is like the Aleutian Leucostlcte but the brown Is a great deal paler. The nesting habits and eggs are. In all probability, like those of the last. a^^. Black Rosy Finch. Leuioificte atrata. Mountain region of northern United SUtes: known to breed '"twI*species if . 'ack in place of the brown of the others: the gray Is restrlct- od to the hind of the head and the rosy is rather more extensive on the wings Thell-er^s probably cannot be distinguished from those of the Gray- crowned variety. Range.—Breeds at high altitudes In the Rockies in Colo- rado: south to New Mexico In winter. A similar bird to the Gray-crowned Leucostlcte but with no gray on the head. They nest on the ground above timber line on the higher ranges of the Rockies. Bbown-capped Rosy Finch. Leucotticte avitralii 5<i7. Gbeenland AcanthU hornemanni hornemanni. Range.—Greenland and northern Europe: south In winter °Thls U J Redpoll nests at low elevations in trees and bushes, its'hablts and eggs being similar to the more com- mon American species. .n27n. Hoaby Redpoll. Aranthi* hornemanni exilipe*. I^ in the Arctic regions and winters south to
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