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[265.] Piranga rubra. SUMMER REDBIRD. Accidental sum- 

 mer visitor. Several instances of its capture are on record. The 

 most recent is Swampscott, June, 1866 (Allen, Bull. Essex Inst, 

 X, 1878, 15). Taken at Grand Menan, May, 1881 (Batchelder, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, 1882, 249). 



*266. Progne Sllfois. PURPLE MARTIN. Common summer 

 resident. 



*267. Petrochelidon lunifrons. CLIFF SWALLOW. Common 

 summer resident. 



*268. Chelidon erythrogaster. BARN SWALLOW. Common 

 summer resident. 



*269. Tachycineta bicolor. TREE SWALLOW. Common 

 summer resident. 



*270. Clivicola riparia. BANK SWALLOW. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



[271.] Ampelis garrulus. NORTHERN WAX-WING. Acci- 

 dental in winter. The latest record is Lynn, Feb. 18, 1877 

 (Allen, Bull. Essex Inst., X, 1878, 15). 



*272. Ampelis cedrorum. CEDAR WAX- WING. Common 

 summer resident ; frequently seen in winter in roving flocks, and 

 at localities where it finds a good supply of food. 



273. Lanius borealis. GREAT NORTHERN SHRIKE. Rather 

 common winter visitant. 



274. Lanius ludovicianus excubitoroides. WHITE-RUMPED 

 SHRIKE. Casual in migrations. Recent records of its occurrence 

 are West Newton, Oct. 21, 1872 (Purdie, Am. Nat, VII, 1873, 

 115); Newtonville, 1874 (Maynard, Am. Sportsman, V, 313, Feb. 

 r 3> l8 75)'> Lynn, Nov. 1877 (Allen, Bull. Essex Inst., X, 1878, 15); 

 Brookline, Feb. 1879 (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, 1881, 

 55). More common in portions of Northern New England, where 

 it breeds, as at Bangor, Me. (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, 

 1879, 119 ; Purdie, ibid., IV, 1879, 186; Merrill, ibid., VI, 1881, 

 250), and Rutland, Vt. (Brewer, ibid., IV, 1879, 119). 



*275. Yireo olivaceus. RED-EYED VIREO. Abundant sum- 

 mer resident. 



