166 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



and during the first half of November, reaching winter conditions 

 before the first of December. 



Family Fringillidae. Finches, Sparrows. 

 514. Hesperiphona vespertina (Coop.). Evening Grosbeak. 



Fringilla vespertina. Coccothraustes vespertinus. Coccoborus vespertinus. 



Geog. Dist. — Interior districts of North America east of Rocky 

 Mountains; breeding range unknown. In winter from Sas- 

 katchewan River south to northern United States and east 

 through Ontario and New York to New England; eveiy where 

 irregular and occasionally south as far as Kansas, Kentucky, 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 



In Missouri a very rare winter visitant. Mr. J. N. Baskett 

 took a male and female at Mexico, Mo., and saw small flocks on 

 two other occasions. A party of three paid a visit to Dr. A. F. 

 Eimbeck at New Haven, Mo., from September 21 to October 4, 

 1903. Mr. W. E. Praeger says that a flock was seen and some 

 of them shot, December 14, 1887, in Clark Co., Mo. Two were 

 taken at Belleville, 111., by Mr. Fuchs and others by Mr. Chas. 

 K. Worthen at Warsaw, III, where several were shot out of a 

 flock, five miles below the city on the river bluff. In the Auk, 

 vol. 4, 1887, Mr. L. 0. Pindar reports the occurrence at Hickman, 

 Ky., on the Mississippi River between Cairo and New Madrid; 

 one female was found dead March 18, 1887, another was shot 

 March 22, a fine male March 23, and a flock of seven seen in town 

 March 25. 



[515. PiNicoLA enucleator leucura (Miiller). Pine Grosbeak.] 



Loxia enucleator. Pyrrhula enucleator. Corythus enucleator. Pinicola enu- 

 cleator. Pinicola canadensis. Pinicola enucleator canadensis. Canadian 

 Pine Grosbeak. 



Geog. Dist.— Northeastern North America, breeding from the 

 White Mountains, Maine and New Brunswick north to the limits 

 of coniferous forests; south in winter to New England, New 

 York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, lUinois, Iowa and Nebraska; 

 occasionally farther south to eastern Kansas, western Kentucky, 

 District of Columbia. 



As this species is said to be fond of the fruit of the Red Cedar, 

 it should be looked for in the extensive cedar brakes of southern 

 Missouri; its presence may be expected any time between 

 October and April. It has been captured at our state lines 



