The nest containing the remaining youngsters was set well back in a rock fissure, concealed by projections eighty feet above the fallen first-born, and inaccessible to man from above or below. With the possible exception of the Black Cloud Swifts (_Cypseloides niger borealis_), who are reported to share at times these same cliffs, it is safe to say that the Leucostictes are the highest nesters on the continent. No. 29. REDPOLL. A. O. U. No. 528. Acanthis linaria (Linn.). Synonyms.—Common Redpoll. Lesser Redpoll. Linnet. Lintie. Description.—_Adult male_: Crown crimson; breast and shoulders crimson in varying proportions according to season; frontlet, lores, and throat-patch sooty black; remaining lower parts white, flanks and crissum streaked with dusky; above, variegated dusky, flaxen-brown and whitish, the feathers having dusky centers and flaxen edgings; rump dusky and white in streaks, tinged with rosy; wings and tail dusky with flaxen or whitish edgings; two inconspicuous wing-bars formed by white tips of middle and greater coverts. _Female_: Similar but without red on rump and breast, the latter suffused with buffy instead; sides heavily streaked with dusky. _Immature_: Like female but without crimson crown. Length 5.50 (139.7) or less; wing 2.80 (71.1); tail 2.30 (58.4); bill .34 (8.6); depth at base .23 (5.8). Recognition Marks.—Warbler to Sparrow size; crimson crown-patch in adults; no dusky spot on breast. Nesting.—Does not breed in Washington. _Nest_: a bulky affair of twigs and grasses, lined with feathers and placed in trees and bushes. _Eggs_: 4-6, pale blue, dotted and speckled with reddish brown or umber. Av. size, .65 × .50 (16.5 × 12.7). General Range.—Northern portions of northern hemisphere, south irregularly in winter, in North America to the Middle States, and southern Oregon. Range in Washington.—Winter resident, abundant on East-side, infrequent or casual west of the Cascades. Migrations.—Nov. 1-Dec. 15. Feb. 15-March 15. Yakima Co. Oct. 31, 1899. Chelan March 19, 1896. Authorities.—_Ægiothus linaria_ Cab. Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv. Vol. XII. pt. ii, 1860, 198. C&S. D¹. Ra. D². Kk. J. B. Specimens.—(U. of W.) Prov. B. C. P. Those who count themselves familiar with the Goldfinch are apt to let the first few flocks of Redpolls pass unquestioned. When, however, in late November, a norther brings down some thousands of these Alaskan waifs, the bird student is roused to attention. The resemblance between the two species is most striking in form and appearance as well as in habit and note. But once the eyes have been assured by a near revelation of convincing red, that _Acanthis linaria_ is before them, the ears remark also a slight foreign accent in the _sweetie_ call and in the rattling flight notes.