28 THB BIRDS OF SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY. 



521. I^oxia curvirostra minor ( Brehm ) . Am erican 

 Crossbill. Irregular winter visitor ; it may occasionally 

 breed here. In 1900, a pair stayed at Tatham, in West Spring- 

 field, through the latter part of the month of May. 



522. I/Oxia leucoptera Gmel. White-winged Cross- 

 bill. Irregular winter visitor, appearing not as frequently as 

 the preceding species. It was more numerous here in .the 

 winter of 1899- 1900 than I ever knew it to be before. 



528. Acanthis linaria (I/inn.)- Redpoll. Irregu- 

 lar winter visitor, being quite common some seasons. I pre- 

 sume the Greater Redpoll occasionally occurs here. 



529. Astragalinus tristis (I/inn.)- American Gold- 

 finch. Common pernianent resident. 



533. Spinus pinus (Wils.)- Pine Siskin. Irregular 

 winter visitor, not usually common. 



534. Passerina nivalis (I/inn.)- Snowflake. Com- 

 mon winter visitor, but not as numerous as it was 20 years ago. 



536. Calcarius lapponicus (I/inn.)- Lapland IvOng- 

 SPUR. One specimen was taken here November 27, 1895, 

 which is the only record of its occurrence here. 



540. Poocaetes gramineus (Gmel.). Vesper Spar- 

 row. Common summer resident. 



542. a Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna 



(Wils.)' Savanna Sparrow. Common spring and autumn 

 visitor, and a rare summer resident. In 1895-6, one indi- 

 vidual wintered in lyongmeadow, on the banks of the Con- 

 necticut river, where large masses of soil and. turf had been 

 undermined by the high water and broken off from the main 

 bank, leaving little irregular valleys between, which were well 

 protected from the weather ; here this little sparrow could any 

 day be flushed. I believe this is as far north as the Savanna 

 sparrow has ever been known to winter. 



