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261. Mahitt ludoviciana (Lixn.). Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak. 



Breedixg Range — Xorthern U. S. and Canada, southward along the 



mountains. 

 Winter Distribttion — Cuba, Mexico, Central America and S. A. 



Spring and fall migrant, never very common, and some years rare j 

 generally more abundant in fall. In the vicinity of Philadelphia it 

 occurs May 5-12, and again September o-October 5. 



The Rose-breast does not breed except as a straggler below the 

 Alleghanian zone, but is a summer resident in the northern portions 

 of Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Englewood, N. J., Chapman^ 

 Morristown, N. J., DeHaven, and numerous localities in Penna.). 

 The most southern locality in those states where it has been found 

 breeding recently, is in central Bucks county, Pa., where Mr. I. .S. 

 Reiff has taken several nests. Mr. Harry G. Parker once took 

 a nest in Delaware county {0. Sf 0., 1886), and Dr. Warren records 

 one found in Chester county by Mr. Titus Bennett in 1875 (^Forest 

 and Stream, XIV). 



262. Guiraca ccerulea {Li:<s.). Blue Grosbeak. 



Breeding Range — Southeastern U. S. northward to Virginia, and 



occasionally farther. 

 Winter Distribution — Southern Mexico, Central Mexico, and Cuba. 



Very rare straggler from the south. 



It has been reported to have bred formerly in Cumberland county^ 

 Pa. {Bairdj Birds of Carlisle), and Lancaster county (^Lihhart, 

 Birds of Lane. Co.), but we can find no evidence of its bnieding 

 there recently.* 



The following are the only recorded captures in Pennsylvania or 

 New Jersey that have come under our notice : 



Darby Creek, Del. Co., Pa., 1866, C. J. Wood {Trotter^ B. N. 0. C, 1879). 

 Near Philada., Fall, 1879. W. L. Collins {Swarthmore College Coll.). 

 Marietta, Lancaster Co., Pa., Summer, 1884, W. H. Buller ( Warren's Report). 



* Dr. J. F. Kocher saw what he took to be a pair of these birds iu Lehigh 

 county, in the latter part of May, and later found a nest with four cold eggs 

 in the same vicinity which he attributed to the pair. The birds were not to 

 be seen when the nest was found ; unfortunately neither nest or eggs were 

 preserved. This is the evidence upon which Dr. Warren gives this species as 

 a breeder in Lehigh county. 



