Review of Perkins’ “Birds of Vermont.” 
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152. Scolecophagus carolinus. Rusty Grackle. — Not uncommon. 
April 28 to — . 
Quiscalusquiscula. Purple Crackle. — This species never occurs 
as far north as Vermont. 
153. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus. Bronzed Grackle. — A summer 
resident. April 11 to Oct. 
154. Coccothraustes vespertinus. Evening Grosbeak. — Visited Ver¬ 
mont during the famous 1890 flight. Burling/on, about a dozen were 
seen about Feb. 20, 1S90, by W. W. Cooke. (Auk, 1890, p. 210.) 
155. Pinicola enucleator leucura. Canadian Pine Grosbeak. — 
Probably always visits northern Vermont in varying numbers in winter. 
Nov. 15 to Mar. 24. 
156. Carpodacus purpureus. Purple Finch. 
157. Loxia curvirostra minor. Red Crossbill. — Irregular at all sea¬ 
sons. Nested at Craftsbury, and Middlebury. 
158. Loxia leucoptera. Wiiite-winged Crossbill. — Two nests with 
young are said to have been taken at Lunenburg, on March 22, 187S, by 
W. E. Balch. Dr. W. Faxon found it on Mt. Mansfield on June 20, 1897. 
159. Acanthis linaria. Redpoll. — Nov. to May 11. 
Acanthis hornemannii exilipes. Hoary Redpoll. — This species 
on present evidence does not deserve enumeration. A. 1 . rostrata though 
unrecorded, undoubtedly occurs in late winter. 
160. Astragalinus tristis. Goldfinch. — It also winters not uncom¬ 
monly. 
161. Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. — Has been found nesting in Brattle- 
boro, at Hartland, at Rutland where a nest was found in May, 1879 by 
D. C. Worcester,'and is recorded from Mt. Mansfield in summer (Howell) 
where it undoubtedly breeds. 
162. Plectrophenax nivalis. Snow Bunting. — Irregular in numbers, 
but not in occurrence. Nov. 17 to—. 
163. Calcarius lapponicus. Lapland Longspur. — Reported from 
Townshend by Evans, but only positive record is Brandon , Feb. 21, 1879, 
F. H. Knowlton. (Brandon Union, Feb. 10, 1882). 
164. Pocecetes gramineus. Vesper Sparrow. —April 5 to — . 
165. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. Savannah Sparrow. 
166. Ammodramus savannarum passerina. Grasshopper Sparrow. 
— Of irregular and local distribution. Nested at Cornwall in 1889, 
Pownall, Brewster, and also at Stowe in 1899, Straw (Howell). Ver- 
gennes, June, 1897, W. Faxon. 
167. Ammodramus henslowii. Henslow’s Sparrow. — A local spe¬ 
cies in southern Vermont. Nested at Pownall in 1883 (Brewster, Auk, 
1884, p. 7). 
Ammodramus caudacutus. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. — Its occur¬ 
rence needs confirmation, as it is strictly a maritime species. 
168. Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. — It is said 
to have bred at Rutland by E. II. Boughton, a probable error. Oct. 4 to 
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