150 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



280. Spinus pints (Wilson) Stejneger. 



Pine siskin; Gray linnet; Pine finch; Pine linnet. 



Fringilla firms Wils., Amer. ornith., 1810, vol. 2, p. 133, pi. 17, 

 fig. 1. "neighbourhood of Philadelphia." 



Linaria pinus (Wils.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 3, 

 p. 125, pi. ISO. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 8, fig. 4. 



Coniferous forests in summer, open country and coniferous trees 

 in fall and winter; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common resident of northern part; elsewhere of irregular 

 occurrence mainly in fall and winter. Eggs, April. 



X. H.— Common resident, breeding mainly above 3000 ft. in 

 White Mts. Eggs, mid-April. 



Vt. — Common winter visitor, less common in summer, breeding 

 irregularly. Nesting, April-May 15. 



Mass. — Irregularly common fall and winter visitor, sometimes 

 lingering till late spring and rarely nesting. Sept. 19— May 30 

 (June 8, July 15, summer). Eggs, May 9-29. 



R. I. — Irregularly common fall and winter visitor. Oct. -April 

 17 (May 31). 



Conn. — Irregularly common fall and winter visitor. Oct.— 

 April (May 20). 



281. Spinus spinus (Linne) Stejneger. 

 European siskin. 



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

 "in Europae juniperetis." 



Ckrysomitris spinus (Linne). Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871— 

 81, vol. 3, p. [541], pi. [169]. Egg, Seebohm, 1S96, p. 242, pi. 56, 

 fig. IS. 



Coniferous woods; nests in trees. 



Mass. — Cambridge, Aug. 11, 13, 17, 1904, an apparently wild 

 bird (Brewster). 



