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naturalists have considered worthy of record. Among these are 

 such records as the occurrence for a few days in the latter part of 

 July of a family of American crossbills {Loxia ourvirostra) on the 

 campus of the Pennsyhania State College feeding, not on the cus- 

 tomar}^ pine seeds, but upon the "cock's-comb" galls of the elm tree 

 and upon the mites that cause these peculiar excrescences. This 

 family consisted of six birds — an adult male, an adult female, and 

 four young of the year. We thus have proof of their nesting in 

 Central Pennsylvania. It is but just to add that they did not fall 

 victims to the insatiable gun of the ambitious collector. 



Another record worthy of note because unparalleled, as far as 

 we can learn, is that of the occurrence of the cardinal, or red-bird 

 {Cardinalis cai'dinalis) in Centre county in November. We can 

 not learn of this conspicuous bird having been previously recorded 

 in Centre county. Other observations have been made upon the 

 migrations and peculiar feeding habits of the red-headed wood- 

 peckers. 



