Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Northern Greenland breeding)

"Northern Greenland (breeding from 69°-73° N. latitude) and eastern arctic America, south to Labrador in winter" (Ridgw.). 527a. A. h. exilipes (Coues). HOARY REDPOLL. Ad. 8.-Bill very sharply pointed, a small tuft of bristly feathers over the nostrils; crown-cap bright red; back dark grayish brown, the feathers more or less margined with white; rump white, generaliy unstreaked, and tinged with pink; wings and tail brownish fuscous, the feathers all more or less edged with white; middle of the throat blackish, breast tinged with pink, belly white, a few streaks on the side. Ad. q. - Similar, but with no pink on the rump or breast. Im.- Similar to the, but without the red crown-cap. L., 5.00; W., 3.00; T., 2.30; B., 30.

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