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*259- Pipilo erythrophthalmus {Linn.). Towhee ; Chewink. 



(587.) -Eastern North America, breeding from the Lower Mississippi 

 Vallev and Georgia northward to Maine, Ontario, and Manitoba. 

 The Chewink is here an abundant summer resident, arriving about 

 April 20 and remaining until late October. (See Group, main 

 floor, opposite Case P.) 



*26o. Cardinalis cardinalis {Linn.). Cardinal. (593.) — 

 Eastern United States, breeding from Florida to Iowa and south- 

 ern New York ; resident throughout its range. The vicinity of 

 New York City is about the northern limit of the Cardinal's range 

 on the Atlantic coast. It is here a not uncommon resident of local 

 distribution. In the Hudson Valley it is not found north of 

 Hastings ; it is very rare eastward along the sound, and also on 

 Long Island, but is common in Central Park, New York City, 

 where I have seen nine individuals at one time. (See Group, main 

 floor, opp. Case N ) 



*26i. Habia ludoviciana {Linn.). Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 (593 ) — Eastern North America, breeding from eastern Kansas, 

 Virginia and the higher altitudes of North Carolina, northward to 

 Maine and Manitoba, wintering in Central and South America. 

 This bird is a common summer resident in the Hudson River 

 Valley, arriving about May 1 and remaining until October. On 

 Long Island it is a rare summer resident (Dutc/ier, MS.). (See 

 Group, main floor, Alcove N.) 



*262. Guiraca caerulea (Li////.). Blue Grosbeak. (597.) — 

 United States, breeding from about latitude 38 southward into 

 Mexico, and wintering south of our limits. There are several 

 records of this bird's occurrence in this vicinity where, of course,, 

 it is only an accidental visitor. It has been taken at Carnarsie > 

 (L. I., May, 1843 {Dutcher, Auk, V, 1893^276); Morristown, N. J. 

 (Thurber y True Democratic Banner, newspaper, Nov. 17, 1889); 

 Snake Hill, N. J. [Bicknell, Bull. N. O. C., Ill, 1878, p 132), and 

 Manhattan Island [DeKay, Birds, N. Y., p. 146). 



Passerina ciris (Linn.). Painted Bunting. (601,)— Breeds 

 from the Gulf States northward to Kansas, southern Illinois and 

 North Carolina. The capture of several specimens of this bird 

 in this vicinity has been recorded [Bickne//, Bull. N. O. C, III, 

 1878, p. 132;. It is probable that they were escaped cage-birds. 



^263. Passerina cyanea {Linn.). Indigo Bunting. ('598.)— 



