98 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



22 and 24, except in 1906, when the date 

 was October 26. 



38. Pine Grosbeak 



Pinicola enucleator leucura 



On March 23, 1907, a female or young 

 male Pine Grosbeak visited the Garden for 

 a few minutes in the early morning. It was 

 seen perching on a temporary windbreak 

 of small spruces which the gardener had 

 placed for the winter season around a group 

 of rhododendrons. The whistles of the bird 

 first attracted my attention. The species 

 had been common in the suburbs of Boston 

 throughout the winter. This was the last 

 Pine Grosbeak which was seen by me that 

 season. Doubtless it was a migrant north 

 from some more southern point, accom- 

 panying an incoming of grackles and 

 robins. 



One other brief visit of a Pine Grosbeak 

 was on November i, 1903, which time 

 marked the beginning of a previous visita- 

 tion of this species to the environs of Boston. 



Mr. Francis H. Allen has furnished to 



