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One was taken, Mr. C. J. Maynard writes us, by a Mr. Worley, a 

 taxidermist, on the Cliarles River, near Weston. Mr. Maynard is 

 quite sure, however, that the bird escaped from a Mr. Bush. We 

 have heard indirectly of other records for the State, but we 

 believe they are all of escaped tame birds. 



10. Sturnus vulgaris (Linn.). Starling. 



One hundred were liberated in the spring of 1897 in Forest 

 Park at Springfield, but eventually they all disappeared.^ 



11. Passerina ciris (Linn.). Painted Bunting. — This 

 species has thrice been observed in the State, viz. : Brookline, a 

 male was noted June 5, 1896,^ by Mr. H. V. Greenough ; Arling- 

 toji, a male was seen July 22, 1894, at Mystic Pond, by Dr. W. 

 Faxon ; 3 Cape Cod, where one was seen by Mr. G. S. Miller, Jr., a 

 number of years ago.* It seems probable that these specimens 

 were escaped cage birds rather than actual stragglers from the south. 



12. Carduelis carduelis (Linn.). European Goldfinch. — 

 Since the early '8o's it has been observed occasionally in Massa- 

 chusetts, at Arlington,' Cambridge, Brookline, Falmouth and Wal- 

 tham. It has also been reported breeding at Northville, near 

 Worcester, in July, 1890.^ 



13. Passer domesticus (Linn.) . English Sparrow. — An 

 abundant resident throughout the State especially about the cities, 

 towns and villages. It was first introduced into Massachusetts 

 in 1868, when birds were liberated at Boston. 



14. Serinus [Crythagra] butracea (Swains.). Yellow 

 Finch. — One was shot, early in February, 1879, at South Scitu- 

 ate, by Mr. William S. Borland." At the time, Mr. Borland writes 

 us, it was feeding with a flock of Redpolls. 



1 Morris; Birds of Springfield, 1901, p. 43. 



^ Howe ; Aulc, Vol. XlII, No. 2, Apr., 1896, p. 261. 



■^ Faxon ; in verbis. 



■• Miller ; in litttris. 



'Reed; O. & O., Vol. XV, No. 8, Aug., 1890, p. 19. 



" Brewer ; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XX, 1879, p. 271. 



