168 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



X. H.— Doubtfully recorded from East Derry, May 26, 1894. 



Yt. — Doubtfully recorded. 



]\Iass. — Accidental \'isitor: Brookline, May 29, 1880. 



R. I.— Accidental visitor: Drownville, Oct. 12, 1899. 



311. Passerixa cyanea (Linne) Vieillot. 

 Indigo bunting; Indigo-bird. 



Tanagra cyanea Linne, Syst. nat.,^ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 315. 

 "in Carolina." 



Spiza cyanea Wils. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 3, 

 p. 96, pi. 170. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 10, fig. 8. 



Brush-grown fields, thickets, and weedy tangles ; nests among low 

 bushes, brambles, or tall weeds. 



Me. — Common summer resident in southern, and rare in north- 

 ern counties (Caribou). ^lay 11-Oct. 2. Eggs, June-July 15. 



N. H. — Common migrant and summer resident at lower eleva- 

 tions. May 9-Oct. 1. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 18-fall. 

 Eggs, IMay 30. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 8- 

 Oct. 29 (Dec. 5, 1871, Watertown). Eggs, June 3-22. 



R. I. — Common summer resident, mainly in northern part. 

 May 10-Oct. Eggs, June 1-11. 



Conn. — Common migrant and summer resident. ^May 9-Oct. 

 Eggs, June 16. 



312. Spiza AMERICANA (Gmelin) Ridgway. 

 Dickcissel; Black-throated bunting; Judas-bird. 



Embcriza americana Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 872. 

 "in Noveboraco." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 3, p. 

 58, pi. 156. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 10, fig. 7. 



Grassy fields; nests on the ground or in low bushes. 



