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104. Calamospiza bicolor lion. LARK BUNTING. Accidental. 

 One instance of its capture. (Lynn, Doc. 5, 1877, taken by Mr. N. 

 Vickary. Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, Jan., 1878, 48.) 



*105. Euspiza americana Bon. BLACK-THROATED BUNTING. Very 

 rare summer resident. 



*108. Goniaphea ludoviciana Bowdich. ROSE-BREASTED GROS- 

 BEAK. Common summer resident. 



*107. Cyanospiza cyanea Baird. INDIGO BIRD. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



108. Cardinalis virginiana Son. CARDINAL; REDBIRD. Acci- 

 dental. Very few instances of its occurrence recorded. (Its most 

 northern record is Halifax, N. S., January 31, 1871. Jones, Am. Nat., 

 V, 176.) 



*109. Pipilo erythrophthalmus Vieill. CHEWINK; TOWHEE 

 BUNTING. Abundant summer resident. 



*110. Dolichonyx oryzivorus Sicain. BOBOLINK; "SKUNK 

 BLACKBIRD." Abundant summer resident. 



"111. Molothrus ater Gray. COWBIRD. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



*112. Agelseus phoeniceus Vieill. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. 

 Common summer resident. 



113. Xantliocephalus icterocephalus Baird. YELLOW-HEADED 

 BLACKBIRD. Accidental. Two instances of its capture, the second 

 there for the first time recorded. First identified from the wings, tail, 

 and foot of a specimen shot by Mr. Frank Sawyer in Watertown, Oct. 

 15, 18C9. (Allen, Am. Nat., Ill, 1870, G3G.) Mr. N. Vickary, of Lynn, 

 informs me that two specimens were shot at Eastham, Sept. 10, 1877, 

 by Mr. Loud, of Salem, one of which is preserved. 



*114. Sturnella magna Swain. MEADOW LARK. Common sum- 

 mer resident; a few sometimes remain in winter. 



*115. Icterus spurius Bon. ORCHARD ORIOLE. Rare summer 

 resident. More common in the Connecticut Valley than elsewhere in 

 the state. 



*116. Icterus baltimore Daud. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Abundant 

 summer resident. 



117. Scolecophagus ferruginous Swain. RUSTY CRACKLE. 

 Rather common spring and autumn visitant. 



*118. Quiscalus purpureus Licht. PURPLE GRACKLE. Common 

 summer resident. 



119. Corvus corax Linn. RAVEN. Very rare. Very few re- 

 corded instances of its capture within the state. (A recent record is 

 Williumstown [187G?]. Tenner/, Am. Nat., XI, 243.) 



*120. Corvus americanus And. COMMON CROW. Common resi- 

 dent. 



