30 ANNOTATED LIST OF BIRDS 



533. Pine Siskin, Pine Finch — Spmus pi 71 us 

 (Wils.). Spring and autumn migrant and winter visitant, 

 usually irregular and scarce, but sometimes common. Sept.- 

 May. Nest and eggs taken in Newton in May, 1883, from 

 pine-tree, — Purdie. Haunts like preceding. BL i 228, M 

 186. 



European G oldfinch — Carduelis car due I is 

 (Linn.). Rare resident in vicinity of Boston; introduced 

 from Europe. Waltham, — W. Faxon. BL i 291, M 473. 



534. Snowflake, Snow Bunting — Plectrophe7iax 

 nivalis (Linn.). Rather common, but irregular winter visi- 

 tant, Nov.-Apr. Usually seen in large flocks circling over 

 or feeding in weedy fields and pastures. I once took a 

 solitary individual in Sherborn in first week of Nov, BL i 

 230, M 191, W 114. 



540. Vesper Sparrow, Grass Finch — Pooccetes 



gramineus (Gmel.). Common summer resident, Apr. 5- 

 Oct. 15. Pastures and roadsides. Nest on ground. BL i 

 240, M 207, W 113. 



542a. Savanna Sparrow — Ammodi-aDius saiidwich- 

 ensis savatuia (Wils.). Common migrant, Apr. and Oct., 

 and locally common summer resident. Sings all summer 

 (probably breeds) in Wellesley, — Torrey ; common breeder 

 in Wayland, — Faxon. Nest on ground. Most numerous 

 in fall, in damp, grassy and weedy fields. BL i 238, M 

 204, W 112. 



546. Grasshopper Sparrow, Yellow-winged Spar- 

 row — A?n?nodramus sava7inarm?i passe?-inus (Wils.). 

 Scarce, but hardly a rare, summer resident, — Torrey; 

 May 12 — ? On fences about dry, weedy fields. Nest on 

 ground. Sherborn, Sudbury, Waltham, Wellesley, etc. 

 BL i 242, M 199. 



547. Henslow's Sparrow — A^jwiodramus henslowii 

 (Aud.). Rather rare summer resident. Newtonville, — 



