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BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 



Lamb ; 1 Cambridge, a male was taken by Mr. Henry M. Spelman, 

 November 15, 1880 ; l Nantasket Beach, a male was shot February 

 22, 1883, by Mr. Matthew Lucas [=Luce ?], Jr., and is now in Mr. 

 William Brewster's collection ; l Nantasket, " a few" were taken 

 in the winter of i882-'83, according to Mr. A. P. Chadbourne ; 2 

 Waltham, one taken March 20, 1888, by Dr. Walter Faxon ; 

 Massachusetts, Dr. T. M. Brewer recorded as " undoubtedly " 

 from Massachusetts a bird in the collection of F. P. Atkinson ; 3 

 Newtonville, a specimen is cited by Mr. A. P. Morse as in the 

 collection of the Museum of Wellesley College, No. io,86i. 4 

 November 15 to March 20. 



Note: Acanthis bre-ivsterii Ridgw. BREWSTER'S LINNET. 



The type of this supposed species, which was taken at Waltham, Nov- 

 ember i, 1870, by Mr. William Brewster, remains unique. It may possibly 

 be a hybrid, and until more is known about this form, it requires only 

 this mention. 5 



358. Lroxia leucoptera Gmel. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



A rare and irregular winter visitant from the north, often 

 abundant. It was abundant in the State during the winters of 

 i854-'55, i86o-'6i, 1868-^69, i88i- ? 82, i88 9 -' 9 o, and especially 

 so in 18991900. 



October 22 to May 12 (May 25). 



Amherst : "Occasionally seen." Berkshire: " Irregular winter visit- 

 ant." Bristol County : " Very rare and irregular winter visitant." 

 Common in 1900." Brookline : " Irregular winter visitant." Cambridge : 

 Irregular winter visitant. Cohasset : " Numerous in winter of 1899-1900." 

 Dedham : "Common winter visitor "[?]. Essex County: "Winter." 

 Ipswich: "Common in winters of [iS6S-'69] and 1899-1900." Springfield: 

 " Irregular winter visitor." Templeton : " Rare and irregular winter 

 visitor." Wellesley: " Scarce and irregular winter visitor." 



359. Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm). AMERICAN RED 

 CROSSBILL. 



An irregular visitant at all seasons and in varying abundance. 



1 Brewster; Auk, Vol. IV, No. 3, Apr., 1887, p. 163. 



2 Chadbourne; Quart. Journ. Boston Zool. Soc., Vol. II, No. 3, Apr., 1883, 



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3 Brewer; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XX, 1879, p. 270. 



4 Morse; Birds of Wellesley, 1897, p. 290. 



5 Ridgway; Amer. Nat., Vol. VI, No. 7, July, 1872, p. 433. 



