28 ANNOTATED LIST OF BIRDS 



groves. Nest in tree, near end of limb, 10-20 ft. Bred 

 on college grounds in 1896. BL i 303, M 264. 

 507. Baltimore Oriole, Fire Hang-bird, Hang-nest 



— Icterus oalbula {lAnn.). Common summer resident, May 

 8-Sept. Orchards and shade-trees. Nest pensile near end 

 of limb of fruit or shade-tree, 20-40 ft. BL i 304, M 261, 

 W 124. 

 509. Rusty Blackbird, Rusty Grackle — Scolecoph- 



agus carolimis (Miill.). Common migrant, Mar.-May 5 ; 

 more numerous in Sept.-Oct. In small flocks about 

 streams and swampy ground. BL i 307, M 265, W 123. 



511. Purple Grackle, Crow Blackbird — Quiscabis 

 guisaila (Linn.). Occasional. Newton, — Maynard. M 

 267, 269, note. 



511b. Bronzed Grackle, Crow Blackbird — Quis- 



calus quiscula cEnens (Ridgw.). Common summer resident, 

 Mar.-Oct. ; sometimes appears in immense flocks in fall. 

 A few breed. About ponds and streams, or in small flocks 

 in trees in spring. Nest near water, in coniferous trees, 

 holes in stubs, or on bushes, 3-30 ft. BL i 309, M 269, 

 W 122. 



514. Evening Grosbeak — Coccothraustes vespertmus 

 (Coop.). Casual from Northwest. The first New England 

 record for this species is of five taken at So. Sudbury (not 

 No. Sudbury, as has been stated) on Jan. i, 1890, by John 

 Goulding. Several were subsequently taken in Wellesley 

 and So. Natick, M 470. 



515. Pine Grosbeak — Pinkola emuieator (Linn.). 

 Irregular winter visitor, Nov.-Mar. ; common in winter of 

 1895-96. In vicinity of evergreen trees. BL i 214, M 177. 



517. Purple Finch — Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.). 

 Common summer resident, Mar.-Oct.; sometimes found in 

 winter. Orchards and groves. Nest in coniferous trees, 

 5-30 ft.; May-June. BL i 216, M 179, W 120. 



