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262 Catalogue of the Birds of Connecticut. 



142. Fringilla maritima, Audubon, Sea-side Finch, Stratford 



and New Haven. 



143. F. palustris, Audubon, Swamp Sparrow, Stratford and 



New Haven. ^ . 



144. F. tristis, Linnaeus, American Gold Finch, common. 

 *145. F. Pinus, Wilson, Pine Finch, Stratford and New Haven. 



^ 146. F. linaria, Linn., Lesser Red Poll, New Haven. 



Wilson 



Haven. 



148. F. littoralis, Nuttall, Shore Finch, Stratford and New 



Haven. 



149. F. erythrophthalmia, Linn., Ground Robin, common. 

 *150. F. Ludoviciana, Bonaparte, Rose-breasted Grossbeak, 



Middletown and New Haven. 



*151. F. purpurea, Wilson, Purple Finch, New Haven. 



*152. F. cardinalis? Bonaparte, Cardinal Grossbeak, New Ha- 

 ven. 



*153. F. ambigua. 



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145. Of the -pine finch I took one specimen from a large flock, which was here 

 in my yard as late as Nov. 7th, 1840. But it is evidently a very rare bird in Con- 

 necticut. Nuttall says their summer dress and breeding habits are wholly un- 

 known. 



*150. The rose-breasted grossbeak was found in Upper Middletown, in the sum- 

 mer of 1841, as I was then informed by Dr. Warner of that town, the discoverer. 

 The first and only instance of the kind, to my knowledge, in Connecticut; but I 

 have since learned that they are common at Hartford, where they breed. 



*151. Dr. Whelpley informs me that a flock of the purple finch was seen at New 

 Haven in the month of February, 1837. 



*352. The cardinal grossbeak is said by Rev. Mr. Peabody, to be u seen at irreg- 

 ular intervals, in the villages on the Connecticut River." But is it not probable 

 they escaped from some cages, as multitudes of them are thus introduced from the 

 south ? I may add that the Fringilla ciris of Audubon, the beautiful nonpareil, 

 might in this manner be said to be an inhabitant of Stratford for a season, as I 

 brought on three from Savannah, and they escaped my cage by a blow from a cat's 

 foot, which set them at liberty, and they refused to return. 



*153. I have inserted the Fringilla ambigua of Nuttall, merely for the purpose 

 of remarking, that a year or two since I noticed the wood pewee, (M. rapax of 

 Wilson,) feeding a strange bird larger than herself; and watching them, I found 

 her to carry him insects seven times in about a minute. I took them both at a 

 shot, and instantly recognized Mr. Nuttall's "ambiguous sparrow," and at the 

 same time was apprehensive it was the young cow black-bird, from its foster 

 parent; which, by the way, is the first instance I can learn that the wood peicee 

 was ever thus duped by that bird of imposition. Mr. Audubon assured me il was 

 new to him, and also that the young bird is both the ambigua and cow black-bird, 



as I had supposed, and that he had Mr. Nuttall's specimen in his possession. Al- 



