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city as well as in the woodland on the Peninsula, and by the middle 

 of the month its normal summer abundance had been reached. It 

 was not observed by us in the fall, probably having passed south before 

 our observations at that season began. August 23, 1888, is the date 

 of a specimen in Mr. Sennett's series. 



143. Euphagus carolinus. Rusty Blackbird. 



Scolecophagus carolinus, Ridgway, Proceedings United States National Museum, 

 VIII, 1885, 356. —A. O. U. Check-List, 1883, 253, and of most recent authors. 



Euphagus carolinus, Richmond, Proceedings Biological Society of Washington, 

 XVI, 1903, 128. 



A regular but not very common transient visitant, the bulk of the 

 flight passing through in April and October. Two specimens seen 

 and secured April 19, in an open grove east of the city, constituted 

 our only record for 1900. Mr. Bacon's recorded dates of arrival and 

 departure are April 6 (1900) and May 17 (1902) for the spring, and 

 September 27 (1893) and October 21 (1902) for the fall. Mr. Simp-' 

 son has observed it about the ponds of the Peninsula as late as No- 

 vember 18 (1902). "Its notes, which I have heard once or twice, 

 resemble those of the Bronzed Grackle, but are more subdued." 

 (Bacon). 



144. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus. Bronzed Grackle. 



Common (on the mainland) as a summer resident from March 

 (March 11, 1902, Bacon; March 14, 1876, Sennett) to September, 

 seldom remaining in any numbers later in the season, although on 

 one occasion recorded by Mr. Bacon as late as November 24 (1888). 

 It is not known to breed on the Peninsula, where, indeed, it is seldom 

 seen at any time. One was shot near the shore of Misery Bay, April 

 11, 1900. It does not approach the Red-winged Blackbird in abun- 

 dance, nor does it mix with that species to an appreciable extent. 



145. Hesperiphona vespertina. Evening Grosbeak. 



Dr. Warren speaks of having met with this species in Erie County 

 during the season of 1889-90, when, as is well known, it appeared over 

 a vast territory far to the eastward of its usual range {Birds of Penn- 

 sylvania, 1890, 225). Mr. Bacon says that during this incursion two 

 specimens were shot at Erie, and mounted by a local taxidermist. 



146. Pinicola enucleator leucura. Pine Grosbeak. 



A rare and irregular winter visitant. In Mr. Sennett's collection 

 there are two specimens, females, taken February 11, 1875. Mr. 

 Bacon includes the species in his list on the strength of a specimen 



