130 PROCEEDINGS MANCHESTER INSTITUTE 



515. Piiiicola eiiiicleator canadensis ( <^«(^.) 



Pine Grosbeak. 



Irregular winter visitant. Very numerous in January and February, 1896. 



517. Carpodacus purimreus ( 6^wW.) 



Purple Finch. Linnet. 



Common summer resident. 



Passer doniesticus {Linn?) 



House Sparrow. English Sparrow. 



Very common permanent resident. 



531. Loxia curvirostra minor {Brehm.) 



American Crossbill. Red Crossbill, 



Irregular winter visitant. 



533. Loxia leucoptera {Gmel.) 



White-winged Crossbill. 



Irregular and rare winter visitant. Recorded at Manchester, October i6th, 

 1899, and observed frequently during the remainder of the year. Reports from 

 other sections of New England indicate an incursion in unusually large numbers 

 of these rare birds during the winter of 1 899-1 900. 



538. Acantliis linaria (/.m«.) Redpoll Linnet. 



Rather common winter visitant. 



539. Astragalinus tristis {Linn.) 



American Goldfinch. Thistle Bird. 



Permanent resident, less common in winter. 



534. Passerina nivalis {Linn.) 



Snow Bunting. Snow Bird. 



Winter visitant, not often abundant. Contrary to the opinion of some ornithol- 

 ogical writers these birds do frequently alight in trees. 



540. Pooecetes granilneus ( Gmel.) 



Bay-winged Bunting. Grass Finch. Vesper Sparrow. 



Common summer resident. 



