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104. Calamospiza bicolor Bon. Lark Bunting. Accidental. 

 One instance of its capture. (Lynn, Dec. 5, 1877, taken by Mr. N. 

 Vickary. Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, Jan., 1878, 48.) 



*105. Euspiza americana/icm. Black-throated Bunting. Very 

 rare summer resident. 



*106. Goniaphea ludoviciana Bowdich. Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak. Common summer resident. 



*107. Cyanospiza cyanea Baird. Indigo Bird. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



108. Cardinalis virginiana Bon. Cardinal; Redbird. Acci- 

 dental. Very few instances of its occurrence recorded. (Its most 

 northern record is Halifax, N. S., January 31, 1871. Jones, Am. Nat., 

 V, 17G.) 



*109. Pipilo erythrophthalmus Vieill. Ciiewink; Towhee 

 Bunting. Abundant summer resident. 



*110. Dolichonyx oryzivorus Swain. Bobolink; "Skunk 

 Blackbird." Abundant summer resident. 



"111. Molothrus ater Gray. Cowbird. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



*112. Agelseus phceniceus Vieill. Red-winged Blackbird. 

 Common summer resident. 



113. Xanthocephalus icterocephalus Baird. Yellow-headed 

 Blackbird. Accidental. Two instances of its capture, the second 

 here for the first time recorded. First identified from the wings, tail, 

 and foot of a specimen shot by Mr. Frank Sawyer in Watertown, Oct. 

 15, 18G9. {Allen, Am. Nat., Ill, 1870, G3G.) Mr. N. Vickary, of Lynn, 

 informs me that two specimens were shot at Eastham, Sept. 10, 1877, 

 by Mr. Loud, of Salem, one of which is preserved. 



*114. Sturiiella magna Swain. Meadow Lark. Common sum- 

 mer resident; a few sometimes remain in winter. 



*115. Icterus spurius Bon. Orchard Oriole. Rare summer 

 resident. More common in the Connecticut Valley than elsewhere in 

 the state. 



♦116. Icterus baltimore Daud. Baltimore Oriole. Abundant 

 summer resident. 



117. Scolecophagus ferrugineus Swain. Rusty Grackle. 

 Rather common spring and autumn visitant. 



*118. Quiscalus purpureus Licht. Purple Grackle. Common 

 Bummer resident. 



119. Corvus corax Linn.. Raven. Very rare. Very few re- 

 corded instances of its capture within the state. (A recent record is 



Williamstown [1870?]. Teimey, Am. Nat., XI, 243.) 



*120. Corvus americanus And. Common Crow. Common resi- 

 dent. 



