BIRDS OBSERVED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



120. Pine Grosbeak. Pinicola enucleator. Aii irregular winter 



visitor, more often entirely absent, but in occasional win- 

 ters appearing in flocks, sometimes in large numbers, as 

 in the winter of 1906-7. 



121. Purple Finch. Carpodacus purpureus. A fairly common 



summer resident, occasionally appearing in flocks in 

 winter. 



122. House Sparrow, or English Sparrow. Passer domesticus. 



An abundant resident, introduced from Europe. A 

 veritable pest. 



123. American or Red Crossbill. Loxia curvirostra minor. An 



irregular winter visitor, appearing under the same con- 

 ditions as the Pine Grosbeak, and usually the same 

 winters. In the winters of 1899-1900 and 1906-7 there 

 were great numbers of the various northern birds. 



124. White-winged Crossbill. Loxia leucoptera. The same re- 



marks apply to this species as to the preceding. The 

 present species is usually considered the scarcer of the 

 two, but in my experience it has been rather the com- 

 moner. 



125. Redpoll. Acanthis linaria. Another of the irregular win- 



ter visitors from the North, and in my experience less often 

 seen than the Crossbills. 



126. American Goldfinch. Astragalinus tristis. A common 



resident, especially in summer, but it is frequently seen 

 in flocks in winter. It is the latest of our birds to breed. 



127. Pine Siskin. Spinus pinus. Another irregular winter 



visitor. 



128. Snowflake, or Snow Bunting. Passerina nivalis. Winter 



visitor from the Arctic regions. Less irregular than the 

 Crossbills and others, it is found nearly every winter in 

 flocks, but is not common inland, though quite so on the 

 coast. 



129. Lapland Longspur. Calcarius lapponicus. A rare and 



irregular winter visitor to New England. On Feb. 12, 

 1905, I saw clearly, within a few feet, one of these birds 

 feeding on droppings in a road with two Snow Buntings. 

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