AVES. 227 



Si'HYHAPtcrs VARirs nuchalis liainl. Red-naped sapsucker.-- The 

 su|)pos«'<l New Hiiinpshirc iiiul Massachii.st'Us .siH'(im<ii> jiruvt- to lie S. 

 txiriua rariua. 



AoYRTRiA viKiDissiMA (Lossoii). Llnne's hummingbird. Tlie au- 

 thenticity of the supposed Cambridge specimen is open to doubt. 



Alat'da ARVENsis Linni^. 

 Skylark; Laverock. 



Linnd, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. IG.'). "'in Europae apricis." 

 RidRway. Hull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1907, pt. 4. p. 292; Dresser, Birds of 

 Europe, 1S71 SI, vol. 4, pi. [2:J1]. EgK, Heudire, 1.S95, vol. 2, pi. 5, fig. 23. 



Upcn country', fields and meadows; nests on the ground. 



Mass. — Unsuccessfully introduced from Europe at Cambridge, prior to 

 1880. 



Muni A oryzivora (Linn^). Java sparrow. — A specimen was taken at 

 Belmont, Ma.ss., Nov. 2, 1884, but this and others are doubtless escaped 

 cage birds. 



Munia .atricapilla (Vieillot). Rufous and black weaver finch. — .\ 

 specimen of this Indian species, (doul>tk» an e>.capt), was cajitured near 

 Brunswick, Maine, in March, 1879 (recorde<l as Amnflinn ruhronigra). 



Sturnella neglecta .\udul)oii. Western meadowlark. l)oiil)tfiilly 

 recorde<l from Taunton, Ma.ss. 



MEr.AQfisrAM's MAJOR (VieillotV Boat-tailed grackle. — Formerly 

 accredited to Maine, Ma.ssachusetts, and Cuniucticut Ijui proi>ably the 

 Bronzed grackle was the species ob.served. 



Serint's m-TYRACEA (Liuu^) Bonaparte. 

 Yellow finch. 



Fringilla bulyracea Linn^, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 181. "Ma- 

 dera.'' 



Serinus Jlaviivniris (Swains.). Shaqje, Cat. birds Briti.sh Mus., 1888, 

 vol. 12, p. 353. 



A South African species. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor or escape: South Scituate, Feb. 1879, with 

 flock of Redpolls. 



Serinos serinus (Linn6) Sharpe. 

 Serin finch. 



Sharpe, Cat. birds Briti.sh mus., 1888, vol. 12, p. 369. 



