AVES. 149 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



Aegiothus rostratus Coues, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1861, p. 

 378. "Jacobshavn, Greenland." 



Linota hornemanni Holb. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, 

 vol. 4, pi. [190], lower fig. 



Arctic thickets in summer, open tree growth in winter migrations ; 

 nests in low trees. 



Me. — Winter visitor of irregular abundance. Dec. 12-Mar. 15. 

 N. H. — Unsatisfactorily recorded. 



Mass. — Winter "visitor near coast, irregular and sometimes 

 common. Dec. 27-Feb. 25. 



R. I. — Rare winter visitor: East Providence, Mar. 14, 1896. 

 Conn. — Rare winter visitor: New Haven, Dec. 17, 1878. 



279. AsTRAGALiNUS TRiSTis (Linne) Cabanis. 



American goldfinch; Lettuce -bird; Thistle-bird; Wild canary; 

 Yellow-bird. 



Fringilla tristis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 181. 

 "in America septentrionali." 



Spinus tristis (Linne). Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. 

 Amer., 1895, p. 286; Bird-life, 1898, pi. 52. Egg, Capen, 1886, 

 pi. 8, fig. 3. 



Orchards, shade trees, and edges of woods in summer, weedy 

 fields and open country in winter; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common migrant and smnmer resident; uncommon in 

 winter. . Eggs, July 29- Aug. 18 (Sept. 5). 



N. H. — Common migrant and summer resident; uncommon 

 in winter from White Mts. south. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident, less common in 

 winter. Eggs, July 26. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident, less common 

 winter resident. Eggs, July 21-Aug. 11. 



R. L — Common summer, and less common winter resident. 

 Eggs, July 1-Aug. 7. 



Conn. — Common resident. Eggs, July-Aug. 



