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young September 1st. Is gregarious most of the year, 

 especially in winter, and of roving habits. 



107. Chrysomitris ('I) pinus Bonap. Pine Finch. Reg- 

 ular winter visitant, but not abundant. Arrives first or 

 second week in October, and are seen in small parties 

 till second or third week of May ; often frequents orchards 

 in autumn and in May to feed on a species of Aphis that 

 infests the appletrees. A nest of this species, found in 

 Cambridge a few years since, is in the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology. 



108. JEgiothus linaria Cab. Red-poll Linnet. Lesser 

 Redpoll. Irregular winter visitant, occasionally abundant, 

 occurring in very large flocks, as in February and March, 

 1860, and again are not seen for several years. 



109. Citrvirostra americana Wilson. Common Cross- 

 bill. Red Crossbill. An irregular and often very abun- 

 dant visitor. Though seen here at all seasons I have 

 never been able to find it breeding. But few are generally 

 observed here, but at intervals of several years the pine 

 woods are found in the winter to abound with them, as in 

 the winters of 1853-4, and 1859-60, when in February 

 and March they were in full song ; were also abundant in 

 the spring of 1863. Are at all times gregarious, and are 

 sometimes seen in large flocks. 



110. Curvirostra leucoptera Wilson. White-winged 

 Crossbill. Winter visitant, occurring at irregular inter- 

 vals in large flocks. Have never seen them later than 

 April 15th. Were very abundant in 1854 and 1860. Are 

 much less frequent visitors than the preceeding. 



111. Plectrophanes nivalis Meyer. Snow bunting. 

 Regular winter visitant, roving about in flocks, and most 

 numerous in severe weather. Stragglers are sometimes 

 seen the last of October. Mr. C. W. Bennett tells me 

 that a pair spent the summer of 1862, and reared their 

 young, in Springfield. 



The Lapland Longspur ( Centrophanes lapponicus Kaup, 

 Plectrophanes lapp>oideus SelbyJ may rarely occur. 



112. Passerculus savanna Bonap. Savanna Sparrow. 

 Chiefly a spring and autumn visitant. Have never found 

 it breeding. Not common. 



113. Pooecetes gramineus Baird. Crass Finch. Bay- 



