20 
A®giothus linaria. 
A''. 
Middlesex County, Mass, 
1879. 
Apr, 19. 
About a dozen feeding among tall weeds in our gar¬ 
den; shot two males both in nearly full brooding plu¬ 
mage with yellow bills, dusky on the upper and lower 
edges. They wore the only rose-breasted adults in the 
flock. One of them sang for sometime in low soft tones 
as caged spec imons are wont to do. 
1880. 
ov, 16. 
Many flocks feeding in birches in Lexington, 
