OF WELLESLEY AND VICINITY 2<) 



English Sparrow, House Sparrow — Passer 



domestiais (Linn.). Abundant resident in villages. Best 

 observed in streets. Nest in bird-houses, niches of build- 

 ings, and holes in trees; several broods. BL i 290, M 243, 

 W96. 



521. American Crossbill, Red Crossbill — Loxia 

 curvirostra minor (Brehm). Irregular winter visitant, 

 Nov.-Apr. ; sometimes common. About coniferous trees, 

 especially the small-fruited, ornamental kinds. BL i 221, 

 M 173, W 119. 



522. White-winged Crossbill — Loxia leucoptera 

 Gmel. Scarce and irregular winter visitant. Habits like 

 last. BL i 218, M 175, W 118. 



527a. Hoary Redpoll — Acanthis hor?ieman?iii exil- 

 ipes (Coues). Rare and irregular winter visitant from 

 North. Newtonville, — Maynard, in collection of Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., No. 10861. BL i 224, M 188. 



528. Redpoll — Acafithis lijiaria (Linn.). Common, 

 often abundant, but irregular winter visitant, Oct. 25-Apr. 

 In large flocks in fields and trees, feeding on seeds of 

 weeds, alders, and birches. BL i 222, M 188, W 117. 



528b. Greater Redpoll — Acanthis linaria rostrata 

 (Coues). Irregular, but not very uncommon winter visitant; 

 habits like last species. Newtonville, — Maynard, in- col- 

 lection of Mus. Comp. Zool., No. io86f. M 472. 



Brewster *s Linnet — Acajithis brewsterii 

 (Ridgw.). The only known example of this form was ob- 

 tained at Waltham, Nov. i, 1870, from a flock of Redpolls. 

 BL i 225, M 191. 



529. American Goldfinch, Yellowbird — Spinus 



tristis (Linn.). Common resident. In flocks in gardens, 

 by roadsides, and in fields on weeds ; in winter on weeds 

 and birch-trees. Nest in bush or tree, 5-30 ft. ; June-Aug. 

 BLi226, M 182, W 115. 



