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Sphyrapicus vaeixjs nuchalis Baird. Red-naped sapsucker. — The 

 supposed New Hampshire and Massachusetts specimens prove to be S. 

 varius varius. 



Agyrtria viridissima (Lesson). Linne's hummingbird. — The au- 

 thenticity of the supposed Canibridge specimen is open to doubt. 



Alauda arvensis Linne. 

 Skylark; Laverock. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 165. "in Europae apricis." 

 Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1907, pt. 4, p. 292; Dresser, Birds of 

 Europe, 1871-81, vol. 4, pi. [231]. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 5, fig. 23. 



Open country, fields and meadows; nests on the ground. 



Mass. — Unsuccessfully introduced from Europe at Cambridge, prior to 

 1880. 



MuNiA ORYZivoRA (Linne). Java sparrow. — A specimen was taken at 

 Belmont, Mass., Nov. 2, 1884, but this and others are doubtless escaped 

 cage birds. 



MuNiA ATRiCAPiLLA (Vieillot). Rufousandblack weaver-finch. — A 

 specimen of this Indian species, (doubtless an escape), was captured near 

 Brunswick, Maine, in March, 1879 (recorded as Amadina ruhronigra). 



Sturnella nbglecta Audubon. Western meadowlark. — Doubtfully 

 recorded from Taunton, Mass. 



Megaquiscalus major (Vieillot). Boat-tailed grackle. — Formerly 

 accredited to Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut but probably the 

 Bronzed grackle was the species observed. 



Serintjs butyracea (Linne) Bonaparte. 

 YeUow finch. 



Fringilla butyracea Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 181. "Ma- 

 dera." 



Serinus flaviventris (Swains.). Sharpe, Cat. birds British Mus., 1888, 

 vol. 12, p. 353. 



A South African species. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor or escape: South Scituate, Feb. 1879, with 

 flock of Redpolls. 



Serinus serinus (Linne) Sharpe. 

 Serin finch. 

 Sharpe, Cat. birds British mus., 1888, vol. 12, p. 369. 



