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the eggs from the cold. The above is substantially 

 given by Dr. Brewer in the work on "North 

 American Birds." 



The eggs are beautifully blotched and clotted 

 with purplish-brown markings upon a greenish- 

 white ground, and measure .84 of an inch in 

 length and .52 in width. The usual complement of 

 eggs seems to be four. 



I inarms, Caban. 



The lesser Red Poll is a rare and occasional 

 visitant. It is a denizen of more northern climates, 

 only migrating as far south as Philadelphia, during 

 unusually severe weather, and when there is a 

 paucity of food-stuffs in its northern habitats. We 

 are told that it is chiefly gregarious. During the 

 few times that we have observed it, in early April, 



it has alwavs been alone. Air. Wilson savs that 



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these birds were very abundant in Western New 

 York* in his time, and were called Snow Birds; 

 Mr. Ord in a subsequent edition of Wilson, states 

 that" it rarely visits Philadelphia, but observes that 

 during the winter of 1813-14 a flock of nearly one 

 hundred were seen feeding upqn Airiplcx hastata. 

 Mr.'Nuttall wrote that numbers appeared Nov. i, 

 1833, in Massachusetts, which were so tame while 

 intently feeding upon the seeds of the birch, that 

 it w 7 as possible to strike them off the branches 

 without their taking to win^. He savs further, 



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that they were attracted to the pines where they 

 busied themselves in feeding upon the seeds w r hich 



