C. IT. MerrltDii — />inf.'< o/' ('o/nwct/ritf. 



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Wood, of East Windsor Hill, (ells luc tiial they weiv nlinost uiiknown 

 here twenty years ago, and liave gradually beeonic (•(•nmir.ii sine.'. 

 I am likewise informed by Mr. Clark, of Saybn.ok, that thf l)ir.l li.is 

 oidy recently become a common species in that vicinity. 



78. Loxia leuCOptera Omelin. Wliite-winged Crossbill. 



An irregular winter visitant. They were not uncdinnion during 

 the months of Jan., Feb. and JMarcli, isVo. 



79. Loxia curvirostra, var. Americana (Wilson) Cows. Red ('r(.ssi)iii. 



An irregular winter visitant, like the last, and more frequently seen. 

 Linsley gave it in his list, stating that it had "been repeatedly seen 

 in Trumbull, in this [FairtieldJ county, by a Mr. Beers." Mr. W. W. 

 Coe has taken a niimber of this, as well as the preceding species, 

 about Portland, Conn. A few were seen about New Haven early in 

 Dec, 1876, It has been known to breed near New York City.* 



80. .(Egiothus linaria (Llnne) Cabanis. Red-poll Linnet. 



Also an irregular winter visitant. They were quite common here 

 during the month of March, 1875 (and Mr. Sage saw a flock at Fort- 

 land, Conn., March 31), but none wei'e seen in the winters of 1875-6 

 and 1876-7. Mr. W. W. Coe took it at Portland, Conn., ]March 

 22d, 1873, and saw there large flocks of them (including many liighly 

 plum aged males) in March, 1875.f 



81. Chrysomitris pinuS (Wilson) Bonaparte. Pine Finch; Pine Linnet. 



An irregular fall and winter visitant. Quite common from Oct., 

 1874, till March, 1875. Also seen in Oct., 1875. Linsley says : "T 

 took one specimen from a large flock, which was here in my yard 

 [Stratford, Conn.] as late as Nov. 7th, 1840." In March and Ai)ril, 

 1873, I found them extremely abundant near the boundary line 

 between Georgia and South Carolina, notwithstanding the statement, 

 in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway's great work, that : " according to 

 Dr. Coues, this species occasionally strays as far to the South as the 

 Carolinas, but it is not common there," (p. 481). This case simply 

 aflbrds another example of their in-egular migrations. 



* Am. Nat., vol. x, No. 4, p. 237. April, 1876. 

 f MS. notes of W. W. Coe, Ksq. 



