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68. LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS EXCUBITOROIDES, (Sw.) Cones. 
Common American Shrike. 
A not uncommon Summer resident; breeds. Arrives the 
last week in March or the first of April, and leaves in October. 
69. PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR, (Linn.) Vieill . 
Pine Grosbeak. 
An irregular Winter visitor. 
70. CARPODACUS PURPUREUS, (Gm.) Gray. 
Purple Finch. 
An abundant Summer resident. Arrives in March.—March 
9, 1878. Common the second week in April. Breeds. De¬ 
parts in October. 
71. LOXIA LEUCOPTERA, mis. 
White-winged Crossbill. 
An irregular Winter visitor. Twenty-one specimens taken in 
Auburn, N. Y., previous to December 24th, 1878. 
72. LOXIA CURVIROSTRA, 
var., AMERICANA, ( Wils.) Cones. 
Red Crossbill. 
Like the preceding species, an irregular Winter visitant; has 
been taken as late as April. Observed in numbers on the 
Owasco Street Road near Auburn, N. Y., in May. (Year indefi¬ 
nite.) 
73. .EGIOTHUS LIN ARIA, (Linn.) Cab. 
Red-poll Linnet; Lesser Red-poll. 
An irregular Winter visitor. Common during the Fall of ’78, 
and Winters of ’7S-’79. 
