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104. Calamospiza bicolor Don. LAKK BUNTING. Accidental. 

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

 Vicknry. Allen, Bull. Nutt. Oni. Club, III, Jan., 1878, 48.) 



*105. Euspiz^aamericanaJAm. BLACK-TIIUOATKD BUNTING. Very 

 rare summer resident. 



*106. Goniaphea ludoviciana Bowdich. EOSK-BUEASTKD GROS- 

 BKAK. Common summer resident. 



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

 mer resident. 



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

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

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

 V, 17G.) 



*109. Pipilo erythrophthalmus Vieill. CIIEWINK; TOWHEB 

 BUNTING. Abundant summer resident. 



*11O. Dolichonyx oryzivorus Swain. BOBOLINK; "SKUNK 

 BLACKBIRD." Abundant summer resident. 



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

 dent. 



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

 Common summer resident. 



113. Xanthocephalus icterocephalus Baird. YELLOW-HEADED 

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

 here 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, 18G9. (Allen, Am. Nat., Ill, 1870, G3(5.) 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 DARK. Common sum- 

 mer resident; a few sometimes remain in winter. 



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

 resident. More common in th Connecticut Valley than elsewhere in 

 the state. 



*116. Icterus baltimore Daud. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Abundant 

 summer resident. 



117. Scolecophagus ferruginous Swain. RUSTY GKACKLE. 

 Rather common spring and autumn visitant. 



*118. Quiscalus purpureus Licht. PUKPLE 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 

 Williamstown [1870?]. Tenney, Am. Nat., XI, 243.) 



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

 dent. 



