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24:. Icterus spurius (Linn.). ORCHARD ORIOLE. 

 This bird is added to the avifauna of the state on the basis of 

 an adult male taken some years ago at Rollinsford, by Mr. 

 George H. Yeaton, of that town, in whose collection the speci- 

 men is. 



25. Quiscalus quiscula (Linn.). PURPLE CRACKLE. 

 Out of nine grackles shot from a flock at Tilton on Sept. 13, 



1902, two specimens are stated by Mr. Dearborn to be unques- 

 tionably of this form. The skin of one is now No. 13,446 of the 

 Field Columbian Museum at Chicago. 



26. Acaiithis hornemannii exilipes (Coues). HOARY 

 REDPOLL. 



Mr. Dearborn has identified as of this race, a specimen in the 

 collection of Mr. S. A. Shaw, of Hampton, where it was pre- 

 sumably taken. 



27. Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.) LAPLAND LONG- 

 SPUR. 



This species, which should occur as a fairly regular late fall 

 migrant on the coast, is now definitely added to the list on the 

 strength of Mr. Dearborn's record of three seen at Hampton 

 Beach on Nov. 30, 1899. 



28. Ammodramus priiiceps (Mayn.). IPSWICH SPAR- 

 ROW. 



This bird also is to be stricken from the hypothetical list, and 

 is found by Mr. Dearborn to be a regular spring and fall mi- 

 grant on the sand hills of the coast in March and April, and 

 from the latter part of October to early December. 



29. Mimus polyglottos (Linn.). MOCKINGBIRD. 

 According to Mr. Dearborn, an immature bird, apparently a 



young of the year, was shot at Hampton, Aug. 24, 1900, and is 

 now in the possession of Mr. S. A. Shaw. The possibility of 

 this having been an escaped cage bird is, of course, not alto- 

 gether excluded. 



In addition to these birds which are now added to the New 



