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her to April or May. Abundant. 1 ' Ipswich: "Abundant winter visit- 

 ant." Martha's Vineyard : " Uncommon winter visitant." Springfield: 

 " Common winter visitor." Templeton : "Common and regular winter 

 visitor." Wellesley: "Rather common but irregular winter visitant." 



352. Spinus pinus (Wils.). PINE FINCH. 



An irregular but often abundant winter visitant from the north. 

 It is not improbable that it breeds on the mountains in Berkshire, 

 and its nest has been twice found in the State, once on May 9, 

 1859, in Cambridge, one of the eggs of which set is now in the 

 collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1 and again 

 at Newton in May, i883. 2 



September 24 to May 27 (July 15). 



Berkshire : " Irregular winter visitant. Probably breeds on the higher 

 mountains." Bristol County : " Irregular winter visitant, varying in 

 abundance." Brookline : "Common winter visitant." Cambridge: 

 Irregular winter visitant, sometimes very abundant. Cohasset : " Com- 

 mon in winter." Dedham : "Rather scarce winter visitor." Essex 

 County: "Winter." Ipswich: " A few seen." Springfield: "Irregular 

 winter visitor, not usually common." Wellesley: " Spring and autumn 

 migrant, and winter visitant." 



353. Astragalinus tristis (Linn.). AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. 

 A permanent resident, very common in summer, and not un- 

 common in winter. 



Amherst : "Common resident." Berkshire: "Abundant summer 

 resident. Rare in winter." Bristol County: '' Common permanent resi- 

 dent." Brookline: " Abundant permanent resident." Cambridge: Very 

 common permanent resident. Cohasset: "Abundant all the year." 

 Dedham: " Common resident." Essex County: "Resident. Abundant." 

 Ipswich: " Abundant permanent resident." Martha's Vineyard : "Com- 

 mon resident." Springfield : " Common permanent resident." Temple- 

 ton: " Common resident." Wellesley: " Common resident." 



354. Acanthis linaria (Linn.). REDPOLL. 



An irregular, but sometimes abundant winter visitant from the 

 north. 



(October 17) October 25 to April 25. 



Amherst: " Irregular in winter and spring." Berkshire: "Irregular 

 winter visitant." Bristol County: " Irregular winter visitant, varying 



1 Baird, Brewer & Ridgway ; Birds of N. Amer., Land Birds. Vol. I, 1874, 



P- 3 8 7- 



2 Morse, teste Purdie; Birds of Weilesley, 1897, p. 30. 



