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136. Passer domesticus hostilis British House 

 Sparrow, "English sparrow," "house sparrow" 

 "town sparrow." Abundant resident. Introduced 

 in Chester county about 1875, when six birds were 

 brought to West Chester from Philadelphia (Bar- 

 row, English Sparrow in N. A.) ; in 1879, accord- 

 ing to Dr. Warren, it had already become abundant 

 and a pest. 



137. Carpodacus purpureus purpureus Purple 

 Finch, "hempbird," "red sparrow." Tolerably com- 

 mon transient and irregular winter visitant. Dr. 

 Warren examined twenty-one specimens taken dur- 

 ing the latter part of March, throughout April and 

 from May i to 15 (Bds. Pa., 183). Dr. Montgom- 

 ery personally observed it only in the year 1887, 

 from Apr. 26 to May 9. A few have been observed 

 on Christmas day, 1911-14-15, by Dr. Ehinger, es- 

 pecially near West Chester, and I have a single 

 specimen taken in winter, Feb. 8, 1907 (No. 906, 

 coll. F. L. B.). 



Autumnal migr. — Oct. 8 (19 16) — Nov . 11 

 (1897) ; ave. 7 yrs. Oct. 24. 



Vernal migr. — ^Apr. 25 (1913) — May 9 (1887); 

 ave. 9 yrs. May 2. 



138. Loxia curvirostra minor Crossbill. Not 

 common winter visitant, and occasional summer 

 straggler. Mentioned by Michener, Warren and 

 Pennock; the latter reports it at Kennett Square, 

 in January, 1900 (Abst. D. V. O. C, iv, 2). Dr. 

 Montgomery found it near West Chester on one or 

 two occasions, and Josiah Hoopes collected it quite 

 frequently in the Hoopes Brothers and Thomas 



