28 THE BIRDS OF SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY. 



521. I/Oxia curvirostra minor (Brehm). American 

 Crossbii.1,. Irregular winter visitor ; it may occasionally 

 breed here. In 1900, a pair stayed at Tatham, in West Spring- 

 field, through the latter part of the month of May. 



522. lyoxia leucoptera Gmel. White-wixged Cross- 

 bill. Irregular winter visitor, appearing not as frequently as 

 the preceding species. It was more numerous here in the 

 winter of 1899- 1900 than I ever knew it to be before. 



528. Acanthis linaria (I<inn.). Redpoll. Irregu- 

 lar winter visitor, being quite common some seasons. I pre- 

 sume the Greater Redpoll occasionally occurs here. 



529. Astragalinus tristis (I/inn.). A.merican Gold- 

 finch. Common permanent resident. 



533. Spinas pinus (Wils.). Pine Siskin. Irregular 

 winter visitor, not usually connnon. 



534. Passerina nivalis (I/inn.). Snowflake. Com- 

 mon winter \-isit()r, but not as numerous as it was 20 years ago. 



536. Calcarius lapponicus (lyinn.). Lapland Long- 

 spur. One specimen was taken here November 27, 1895, 

 which is the only record of its occurrence here. 



540. Poocaetes gramineus (Gmel.). Vesper Spar- 

 row. Common summer resident. 



542. a Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna 

 (Wils.)' vSavanna Sparrow. Common spring and autumn 

 visitor, and a rare summer resident. In 1895-6, one indi- 

 vidual wintered in Longmeadow, on the banks of the Con- 

 necticut river, where large masses of soil and turf had been 

 undermined by the high water and broken off from the main 

 bank, leaving little irregular valle>s between, which were well 

 protected from the weather ; here this little sparrow could any 

 day be flushed. I believe this is as far north as the Savanna 

 .sparrow has ever been known to winter. 



