1 1 8 Birds of Massachusetts 



324. Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.) . Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak. 



A common summer resident, except on Cape Cod, where it is 

 apparently absent. This bird has steadily increased in numbers 

 in the State since about 1850. 



(April 26) "May 2 to October 3. 



Amherst: "Uncommon migrant." Berkshire: " Fairlj common 

 summer resident." Bristol County : " Common summer resident." 

 Brookline: "Common summer resident." Cambridge: Common 

 summer resident. Dedham: "Common." Essex County: "Summer 

 visitant." Formerly rare. Ipswich: 'A few seen." Martha's Vine- 

 yard; "One instance." Springfield: "Common summer resident." 

 Templeton: " Rare summer resident." Wellesley : "Common summer 

 resident." 



325. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). Cardinal Grosbeak. 



Accidental from the south ; there is one instance of its breed- 

 ing, viz., at the Botanical Gardens, Cambridge, about 1835.^ It is 

 impossible to state what proportion of tlie males recorded from 

 Massachusetts were escaped cage-birds or actual stragglers : the 

 single female recorded from Arlington, Novemlser i, i88g, by Dr. 

 Walter Faxon, was probably a straggler.- 



Amherst : Three or four instances. Brookline: One instance. Cam- 

 bridge: Casual. Two instances. Dedham: One instance. Springfield: 

 " Accidental visitor." Wellesley: " Occasionally seen." 



326. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.). Towhee. 



A common summer resident, casual in winter, when it has been 

 observed at Bedford,3 Brookline,^ Jamaica Plain,* and Sandwich.^ 



(April 2) April 18 to October 22 (November 30); (Winter). 

 Amherst: "Common summer resident." Berkshire: "Summer resi- 

 dent, not rare." Bristol County: "Very common summer resident." 

 Brookline: " Common summer resident." Winter. Cambridge: Com- 

 mon summer resident. Cohasset : "Very numerous in summer." Ded- 

 ham: "Common." Essex County: "Summer visitant. Common." 



'Audubon; Birds of America, Vol. Ill, i860, p. 201. 



^ Morse ; Birds of Wellesley, 1897, p. 32. 



^ Howe; Auk, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July, 1896, pp. 178, and 260, 262. 



* Howe ; Auk, Vol. XV, No. 2, Apr., 1898, p. 189. 



° " Mergus " ; Forest & Stream, Vol. XXII, Mar. 6, 1884, p. 103. 



