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Genus Pinicola VieiU. 



84. P. enucleator Cab. Pjxe Giiosbeak. Formerly common; 

 now a rare winter visitant. 



Genus Carpodacus Kmij). 



85. C. piirpureus Grai/. Puispli.: Fxxcii. Common winter resi- 

 dent; a few breed. Arrives from the north in floclis the last of Octo- 

 ber, and remains until April. 



Genus Chrysomitris Boie. 



86. C. tristis Bonap. Goldfi.vcii. Common resident. The win- 

 ter dress is assumed the last of October and retained until the first 

 of May. 



87. C. pinus Bonap. Pixis Fixcii. A common winter resident 

 associating with the preceding. Ari'ives the last of October and de- 

 parts the lust of May. Prof. Jordan informs me that he has taken a 

 specimen near Indianapolis in midsummer. 



Genus Losia Linn. 



88. L. curvirostra var. amerieana Bd. Eed Crossbill. For- 

 merly a common winter resident; now rare. 



89. L. leucoptera Gmel. Wiiite-wixged Crossbill. Like the 

 preceding, a winter resident of rare occurrence at present. 



Genus ^giothus Cahan. 



90. JEj. Unarms C«5rtM. Lesser Red-poll. An abundant winter 

 resident. Arrives in floclis the last of October, and remains until the 

 last of March. 



91. -ZE. canescsns Caban. Mealy Red-poll. A rare winter 

 visitant with the preceding. 



Genus Plectrophanes Meyer. 



92. P. nivalis Meyer. Sxow Bunting. An abundant winter res- 

 ident. Arrives in flocks the first of November and remains until about 

 the middle of March. The 5Lh of March, 1875, I saw a flock of these 

 birds in a tree in Chicago. The males were chanting a very low, and 

 somewhat broken, but very pleasant song, bearing considerable re- 

 semblance to that of Spizella monticola. This and the following 

 species, as well as other winter residents, appear a week or more 

 earlier in the fall and depart later in spring, in the vicinity of the 

 Lake than in other parts of the state in the same latitude. 



93. P. lapponicus Selby. Lapland Longspuu. A very abun- 

 dant winter resident in the prairie districts of the state. Arrives iu 



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