AVES. 169 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Job's Id., Penobscot Bay, Sept. 29, 

 1884; St. George; Westbrook, Oct. 10, 1888. 



Mass. Formerly an uncommon summer resident along coast 

 and in western valleys; now unknown. May 15-Oct. 3. Eggs, 

 June 9, 1877 (Medford)-Aug. 1, 1878 (2d brood, Hyde Park). 



R. I. Formerly a rare migrant: Newport, Sept. 25, 1888. 



Conn. Formerly a summer resident, now unknown. 



313. Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger. 

 Lark bunting. 



Stejn., Auk, 1885, vol. 2, p. 49. Based on Townsend: "plains 

 of the Platte river." 



Corydalina bicolor Towns. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, 

 vol. 3, p. 195, pi. 202. 



Prairies; nests on the ground. 



Mass. Accidental visitor: Lynn, Dec. 5, 1877. 



TANGARIDAE. 



314. Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson) Richardson. 

 Louisiana tanager; Western tanager. 



Tanagra ludoviciana Wils., Amer. ornith., 1811, vol. 3, p. 27, 

 pi. 20, fig. 1. "Louisiana." 



Pyranga ludoviciana (Wils.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, 

 vol. 3, p. 231, pi. 210. 



Mountain forests; nests in trees. 



Me. Accidental visitor: near Bangor, about Oct. 1, 1889. 

 Mass. Accidental visitor: Salem, Jan. 20, 1878. 

 Conn. Accidental visitor: New Haven, Dec. 15, 1892. 



315. Piranga erythromelas Vieillot. 



Scarlet tanager; English robin (Berkshires) ; Fire-bird; 

 Pocket-bird; War-bird. 



Pyranga erythromelas Vieill., Nouv. diet, d'hist. nat., 1819, vol. 

 28, p. 293. "Amerique." 



