74 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 
Row.— A common summer resident, somewhat locally distributed. 
Very abundant during fall migration. 
April 4 to November 14. 
(208) 585. Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox Sparrow. — 
A common migrant. Mr. H. S. Hathaway writes “that one was 
killed at Johnston May 21, 1891,” a late date. A bird wintered in 
Cranston in 1899, near Mr. Hathaway’s house.! 
March 19 to April 20, October 13 to November 14. 
(209) 587. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.). TOowHEE. 
Chewink. — A common summer resident. Mr. W. W. Bull shot 
a female at Newport on January 14, 1896. 
April 19 to October 13. 
(210) 595. Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.). Rosz- 
BREASTED GROSBEAK. — A common summer resident in the north- 
ern portions of the State, but rare in the southeastern portions. 
May 5 to October 2. 
(211) 598. Cyanospiza cyanea (Linn.). Inpico Bunt- 
inc. Jndigobird.— A common summer resident, like the fore- 
going species, of the northern and western portions of the State, 
absent or rare in the southeastern portions. 
(May 10) to (September 25). 
(212) 601. Cyanospiza ciris (Linn.). PaIinTED BunTING. 
— Nonpareil. An accidental visitant, or escaped cage bird. Mr. 
Daniel Seamans took one at Scituate in the summer of 1882.? 
(213) 604. Spiza americana (Gmel.). DickcissEL. Black- 
throated Bunting.— Lt. Wirt Robinson shot a young bird at 
Newport, September 25, 1888. The bird, he writes, he shot by 
mistake, when he was after some Bobolinks, in a cornfield on 
1 Osprey, Vol. III, No. 7, p. 111. 
2 Ran Notes, Vol. II, No. 5, p. 8. 
