AVES. 149 



PASSER ES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



Aegiothus rostratus (Oiks, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1861, p. 

 37S. "Jacobshavn, Greenland." 



Linota hornemanni Holb. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, 

 vol. 4, pi. [190], lower fig. 



Aretie thickets in summer, open tree growth in winter migrations; 

 in sis in low trees. 



Me. — Winter visitor of irregular abundance. Dec. 12-Mar. 15. 

 \. H. — Unsatisfactorily recorded. 



Mass. — Winter visitor near coast, irregular and sometimes 

 common. Dec. 27-Feb. 25. 



R. I. — Rare winter visitor: East Providence, Mar. 14, 1896. 

 Coxx. — Rare winter visitor: New Haven, Dec. 17, 1878. 



27!). Astragalixus tristis (Linne) Cabanis. 



American goldfinch; Lettuce-bird; Thistle-bird; Wild canary; 

 Yellow-bird. 



Fringilla iristis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 181. 

 "in America septentrionali." 



Spinus tristis (Linne). Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. 

 Amer., 1895, p. 286; Bird-life, 1898, pi. 52. Egg, Capen, 1886, 

 pi. 8, fig. 3. 



( >rchards, shade trees, and edges of woods in summer, weedy 

 fields and open country in winter; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident; uncommon in 

 winter. Eggs, July 29-Aug. 18 (Sept. 5). 



X. H. — Common migrant and summer resident; uncommon 

 in winter from White Alts, south. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident, less common in 

 winter. Eggs, July 26. 



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Mass.— Common migrant and summer resident, less common 

 winter resident. Eggs, July21-Aug. 11. 



R. I. — Common summer, and less common winter resident. 

 Eggs, July l-Aug. 7. 



Coxx. — Common resident. Eggs, July— Aug. 



