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Migration. — The data deal with the species as a whole. Late dates 

 of spring departure are: North Carolina — Mt. Olive, April 10. 

 West Virginia — Oua, April 25. Maryland — Garrett County, March 

 1. Pennsylvania — State College, May 1. New York — Tompkins 

 County, May 5 (median of 5 years for Cayuga and Oneida Lake 

 basins, April 9). Connecticut — Bloomfield, April 8. Rhode Island — 

 Providence, April 28. Massachusetts — Falmouth, April 17. Ver- 

 mont — Topsham, April 22. New Hampshire — Dublin, April 21 ; New 

 Hampton, April 14 (median of 13 years, March 27). Maine — Presque 

 Isle, April 23. New Brusnwick — Fredericton, March 21. Kentucky — 

 Hickman, March 19. Illinois — St. Joseph, April 7; Lake Forest, 

 March 14. Michigan — Detroit, March 2. Ontario — Toronto, April 

 23. Iowa — Iowa City, April 28. Wisconsin — Baraboo, April 23. 

 Minnesota — Minneapolis, April 12. Kansas — Harper, March 31. 

 North Dakota — Wilton, April 17. Manitoba — Treesbank, March 30. 

 Saskatchewan — Skull Creek, May 15. Alberta — Glenevis, March 30. 



Early dates of fall anival are: Alberta — Clagary, November 26. 

 Saskatchewan — Regina, October 9. South Dakota — Sioux Falls, 

 October 29. Colorado — Denver, November 6. Michigan — Detroit, 

 November 10. Ontario — Gooderham, October 21. Minnesota — 

 Squaw Lake, October 18; Ely, October 27. Illinois — Lake Forest, 

 November 17. Quebec — Quebec City, October 8. New Hampshire — 

 New Hampton, September 30 (median of 13 years, October 14). 

 Connecticut — New Haven, October 31. New Jersey — Morristown, 

 November 7. New York — Cayuga and Oneida Lake basins, October 

 16 (median of 8 years, November 9). Pennsylvania — Alien town, 

 October 26. Maryland — Monument Knob, Washington County, 

 November 6. Virginia — Greene County, November 16. 



Egg dates. — Labrador: 5 records, June 11 to June 24. 



PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR ESCHATOSUS Oberhoker 



Newfoundland Pine Grosbeak 

 Contributed by Charles HenrIt Blake 



Habits 



This is still another of the relatively recently recognized races (de- 

 scribed in 1914) from the northeastern corner of the continent. As is 

 true of most other such forms, there are almost no indications that it 

 differs in any essentials of its habits and life history from the subspecies 

 adjoining it to the west and south. 



The Newfoundland pine grosbeak is smaller than the Canadian, and 

 the color is a darker gray with the males more scarlet, less rosy. Van 

 Tyne (1934) reported the form from Michigan and Ohio and gives the 



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