118 BirpDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 
324. Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.). RosE-BREASTED GROs- 
BEAK. 
A common summer resident, except on Cape Cod, where it is 
apparently absent. This bird has steadily increased in numbers 
in the State since about 1850. 
(April26) May 2 to October 3. 
Amherst: “Uncommon migrant.” Berkshire: ‘ Fairly common 
summer resident.’ Bristol County: ‘‘Common summer resident.” 
Brookline: “Common summer _ resident.’? Cambridge: Common 
summer resident. Dedham: ‘‘Common.’’ Essex County: ‘‘ Summer 
visitant.””’ Formerly rare. Ipswich: ‘“ A few seen.’’ Martha’s Vine- 
yard; ‘“QOne instance.” Springfield: ‘‘ Common summer resident.” 
Templeton: “Rare summer resident.”’ Wellesley: ‘‘Common summer 
resident.” 
25. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). CarpINAL GRoSBEAK. 
Accidental from the south; there is one instance of its breed- 
ing, vzz., at the Botanical Gardens, Cambridge, about 1835.’ It is 
impossible to state what proportion of the males recorded from 
Massachusetts were escaped cage-birds or actual stragglers: the 
single female recorded from Arlington, November 1, 1889, by Dr. 
Walter Faxon, was probably a straggler.? 
Amherst: Three or four instances. Brookline: One instance. Cam- 
bridge: Casual. Twoinstances. Dedham: Oneinstance. Springfield: 
“ Accidental visitor.’’ Wellesley: ‘‘ Occasionally seen.”’ 
326. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.). TOowHEE. 
A common summer resident, casual in winter, when it has been 
observed at Bedford,3 Brookline,3 Jamaica Plain,* and Sandwich.5 
(April 2) April 18 to October 22 (November 30); (Winter). 
Amherst: ‘‘ Common summer resident.’’ Berkshire: “Summer resi- 
dent, not rare.” Bristol County: ‘Very common summer resident.” 
Brookline: ‘‘ Common summer resident.’’ Winter. Cambridge: Com- 
mon summer resident. Cohasset: “ Very numerous in summer.” Ded- 
ham: ‘“Common.’’ Essex County: “Summer visitant. Common.” 
‘Audubon; Birds of America, Vol. III, 1860, p. 2or. 
* Morse; Birds of Wellesley, 1897, p. 32. 
3 Howe; Auk, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July, 1896, pp. 178, and 260, 262. 
4 Howe; Auk, Vol. XV, No. 2, Apr., 1898, p. 189. 
5“ Mergus”; Forest & Stream, Vol. XXII, Mar. 6, 1884, p. 103. 
