58. Empidonaxniinirau8 (Baird.). Least Fly- 
catcher. An abundant summer resi- 
dent. April 26 to — . 
59. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). Blue Jay. 
A permanent resident. Common in 
winter, abundant in summer. 
■60. Corvus americanus (Aud.). American 
Crow. An abundant permanent resi- 
dent. 
'61. Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). A com- 
mon summer resident. May 5 to — . 
«2. Molothrus ater (Bodd.). Cowbird. A 
common summer resident. March 14 
to September 15. 
63. Agelaeus phoeniceus (Linn.). Red-winged 
Blackbird. A common summer resi- 
dent. March 6 to — . 
■64. Sturnella magna (Linn.). Meadow Lark. 
A not uncommon summer resident. 
March 8 to November 26. 
65. Icterus galbula (Linn.). Baltimore Ori- 
ole. An abundant summer resident. 
May 5 to September 1. 
66. Scolecophagus carolinus (Miill.). Rusty 
Grackle. Abundant spring, aud uncom- 
mon tall migrant. March 3 to October 
19. 
67. Quiscalus quiscula -oeneus (Ridgw.). 
Bronzed Grackle. An abundant local 
summer resident. March 11 to Novem- 
ber 22. 
68. Pinicola euucleator canadensis (Cab.), 
Canadian Pine Grosbeak. A common 
irregular winter visitant. During the 
1892-3 migration they were very abun- 
dant in all parts of the town ; since then, 
however, they have visited us but twice, 
and in small numbers. 
69. Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.). Purple 
Finch. A permanent resident, rare in 
winter, common in summer, aud abun- 
dant on migrations. February 24 to 
October 21. 
70. Passer domesticus (Linn.). House or 
English Sparrow. An abundant perma- 
nent resident. 
71. Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm.). 
t American Crossbill. A common mi- 
grant, and occurring irregularly at all 
seasons. 
72. Loxia leucoptera (Gmel.). White- 
winged Crossbill. An irregular winter 
visitant. During this winter, 1899-00, 
as over all New England, the species 
has been very abundant. The birds 
were first reported in the town this 
winter, November 20, and were still 
here though in but small numbers on 
April 1. 
