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Genus LoxiA Linn sens. 



155. (521). L. carvirostra minor (Brehni.). American Cross- 

 bill. Small fl(x;ks on Black Mountains, above 5,000 feet; said 

 to appear at Highlands in winter regularly (vide Brewster). 

 Rare transient at Raleigh (Brimley). 



Genus Spinus Koch. 



"^166. (529). S. tristis (Linn.). American Goldfinch. Resi- 

 dent in middle and mountain regions; abundant especially in 

 winter. In August I found it abundant at Balsam Station. 

 (Univ. Coll.). 



157. (533). /S^. /)i??.it6- (Wils.). Pine Siskin. Mountain region, 

 common transient, and rare winter visitor (vide Cairns); Black 

 Mountains June 2d, 1886 (vide Brewster); middle region, 

 sometimes common in winter (Brimley). 



Genus Pooc.ETES Baird. 



158. (540). P. graraineus (Gmel.). Vesper Sparrow. Com- 

 mon during winter in middle and mountain regions. Cairns 

 says rather common in Buncombe county in summer. (LTniv. 



Coll.). 



Genus Ammodramus Swainson. 



Subgenus Passerculus Bonaparte. 



159. (542a). A. sandwichensis savanna (Wils.). Savanna 

 Sparrow, Winter visitor, middle region, rather common. 

 (Priv. Coll.). 



Subgenus Coturxiculus Bonaparte. 



'''IGO. (546). A, savannarum passerinus(W\h.). Grasshopper 



Sparrow. Common during summer near Franklin in mountain 



region and apparently breeding (vide Brewster). Rare transient 



eastward. 



Genus Zoxotrichia Swainson. 



161. (554). Z. leucophrys (Forst.). White-crowned Sparro\v. 

 Accidental at Raleigh. (Coll. of James Busbee). 



162. (558). Z. albicoUis (Gmel.). White-throated Sparrow. 

 Common winter visitor throughout the State. (Univ. Coll.). 



