30 THE BIRDS OF SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY. 



583. Melospi^a lincolni (Aud.)- LINCOLN' s SPAR- 

 ROW. Dr. J. A. Allen took three specimens at Springfield ; 

 Mr. Edwin I. Shores took several at Suffield, and did not con- 

 sider it rare there. (See N. E. Bird Life, Vol. i, page 252.) 



584. Melospisa georglana (I/ath.). SWAMP SPAR- 

 ROW. Rather uncommon summer resident. 



585. Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox SPARROW. 

 Common spring and autumn migrant ; sometimes abundant. 



587. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (I<inn.). TOWHEE. 

 Common summer resident. 



593. Cardinalis cardinalis (I/inn.)- CARDINAL. 

 Accidental visitor. ( For records of its appearance at Springfield , 

 Belchertown, and Southampton, see G. A. Allen's Rarer Birds 

 of Massachusetts. ) 



595. ^amelodia ludoviciana (I/inn.). ROSE- 

 BREASTED GROSBEAK. Common summer resident, occurring 

 in increasing numbers during the past ten years. 



598. Cyanospisa cyanea (I/inn.). INDIGO BUNTING. 

 Common summer resident. 



604. Spisa americana (Gmel.)- DICKCISSEL. Ac- 

 cidental visitor. Sixty years ago it was considered a common 

 bird in Massachusetts ; it was captured in Holyoke in May, 

 1866, by Mr. C. W. Bennett. (See J. A. Allen's Rarer Birds of 

 Massachusetts.) 



608. Piranga erythromelas Vieill. SCARLET TANA- 

 GER. Common summer resident. 



611. Progne subis (I/inn.). PURPLE MARTIN. Rare 

 summer resident ; at one time it was a common bird here, but 

 now only a few colonies are to be seen. 



