30 THE BIRDS OF SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY. 



583. Melospi^a lincolni (Aud.)- IvIncoIvN's Spar- 

 row. Dr. J. A. Allen took three specimens at Springfield ; 

 Mr. Edwin I. Shores took several at SuflEield, and did not con- 

 sider it rare there. (See N. E. Bird Eife, Vol. i, page 252.) 



584. Melospi^a georgiana (I/ath.). Swamp Spar- 

 row. Rather uncommon summer resident. 



585. Passerella iliaca (Merr.)- Fox Sparrow. 

 Common spring and autumn migrant ; sometimes abundant. 



587. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (I/inn.). Towhee. 

 Common summer resident. 



593. Cardinalis cardinalis (I,inn.). Cardinal. 

 Accidental visitor. ( For records of its appearance at Springfield, 

 Belchertown, and Southampton, see G. A. Allen's Rarer Birds 

 of Massachusetts.) 



595. ^amelodia ludoviciana (I/inn.). Rose- 

 breasted Grosbeak. Common summer resident, occurring 

 in increasing numbers during the past ten years. 



598. Cyanospi^a cyanea (I/inn.). Indigo Bunting. 

 Common summer resident. 



604. Spiza americana (Gmel.). Dickcissel. Ac- 

 cidental visitor. Sixty years ago it was considered a common 

 bird in Massachusetts ; it was captured in Holyoke in May, 

 1866, by Mr. C. W. Bennett. (See J. A. Allen's Rarer Birds of 

 Massachusetts. ) 



608. Piranga erythromelas Vieill. Scari^et Tana- 

 GER. Common summer resident. 



611. Progne subis (I/inn.). Purple Martin. Rare 

 summer resident ; at one time it was a common bird here, but 

 now only a few colonies are to be seen. 



