AVES. 149 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



Aegiothus restrains Coues, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1861, p. 

 378. "JACOBSHAVN, GREENLAND." 



Linota hornemanni Holb. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, 

 vol. 4, pi. [190], lower fig. 



Arctic thickets in summer, open tree growth in winter migrations; 

 nests in low trees. 



ME. Winter visitor of irregular abundance. Dec. 12-Mar. 15. 

 N. H. Unsatisfactorily recorded. 



MASS. Winter visitor near coast, irregular and sometimes 

 common. Dec. 27-Feb. 25. 



R. I. Rare winter visitor: East Providence, Mar. 14, 1896. 

 CONN. Rare winter visitor: New Haven, Dec. 17, 1878. 



279. ASTRAGALINUS TRiSTis (Linne*) Cabanis. 



American goldfinch; Lettuce-bird; Thistle-bird; Wild canary; 

 Yellow-bird. 



Fringilla tristis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 181. 

 "IN AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALI." 



&pinus tristis (Linne). Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. 

 Amer., 1895, p. 286; Bird-life, 1898, pi. 52. Egg, Capen, 1886, 

 pi. 8, fig. 3. 



Orchards, shade trees, and edges of woods in summer, weedy 

 fields and open country in winter; nests in trees. 



ME. Common migrant and summer resident; uncommon in 

 winter. Eggs, July 29- Aug. 18 (Sept. 5). 



N. H. Common migrant and summer resident; uncommon 

 in winter from White Mts. south. 



VT. Common migrant and summer resident, less common in 

 winter. Eggs, July 26. 



MASS. Common migrant and summer resident, less common 

 winter resident. Eggs, July 21-Aug. 11. 



R. I.: Common summer, and less common winter resident. 

 Eggs, July 1-Aug. 7. 



CONN. Common resident. Eggs, July- Aug. 



