495. Cowbird. March 15 to October 22. 
498. Red-winged Blackbird. February 22 to August 6. 
501. Meadowlark. Locally common resident. 
507. Baltimore Oriole. May 7 to September 9. 
509. Rusty Blackbird. March 7 to May 14; September 23 
to November 1. 
511b. Bronzed Grackle. March 7 to November 19. This 
species is surely increasing in numbers. Great 
flocks gathered in the Ipswich River valley during 
October and early November. This bird needs no 
protection. 
514. Evening Grosbeak. January 1 to May 11. As 
many as eighty about feeding stations in Dan¬ 
vers and Topsfield. 
515. Pine Grosbeak. January 29. Few seen. 
517. Purple Finch. Winters here in variable numbers. 
Apparently breeds in small numbers. 
522. White-winged Crossbill. Danvers, November 5. 
S. G. Emilio. 
528. Redpoll. February 7 to 21; December 10. No large 
flocks. 
529. Goldfinch. Common resMent. 
533. Pine Siskin. March 30 to May 14; October 9. Not 
abundant. 
534. Snow Bunting. February 21; October 29. Few large 
flocks. 
540. Vesper Sparrow. April 2 to October 31. Locally 
common. 
542a. Savannah Sparrow. April 16 to November 5. Lo¬ 
cally common. 
549. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Ipswich. July 30. S. G. 
Emilio. 
554. White-crowned Sparrow. May 14; October 22 to 
November 5. 
558. White-throated Sparrow. April 29 to May 21; Sept. 
14 to December 31. 
559. Tree Sparrow. April 30; October 26. 
560. Chipping Sparrow. April 9 to November 1. 
563. Field Sparrow. April 7 to October 23. 
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