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ber 5, 1886; October 10, 1906; November 7, igrS. Dates of departure: May 

 16, 1896; May 13, 1897; April 20, 1900; April 28, 1907; February 22, 1909. 



I Still farther east and southeast the Evening Grosbeak can be considered 

 only as a wanderer, but sometimes it appears in large numbers and spreads 

 over an immense area. The most extensive of these incursions occurred during 

 the winter of 1 889-1 890, when the species for the first time invaded New 

 England. Some of the principal dates in connection with this event have been 

 collected in the following table. 



DATES or OCCURRENCE, 1889-189O 



STATE 



New Jersey. . . . 

 Connecticut. . . . 

 Massachusetts. . 



Vermont 



New Hampshire 



Maine 



Quebec 



Pennsylvania. . . 



New York 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Iowa 



Ontario 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



ARRIVAL 



Sheffield, February 10 

 South Sudbury, Januarj- i 

 Burlington, January 

 Milford, January 6 

 Orono, February 28 

 Montreal, January 28 



December 



December 14 



Granville, December 12 

 Whiting, January 

 Champaign, November 12 

 Davenport, November 25 

 Hamilton, December 19 

 Detroit, November 16 

 Lake Mills, November 5 

 Lanesboro, October 27 



DEPARTURE 



Summit, March 6. 

 Sheffield, April 4. 

 Reading, April 7. 

 South Randolph, April i. 

 Henniker, May i. 

 Bucksport, March 27. 

 Quebec City, March 14. 



April, 12. 



Ballston Spa., March 30, 

 Berlin Heights, January 30. 

 Fort Wayne, April 12. 

 Lacon, May 10. 

 Coralville, May 7. 

 Toronto, May 26. 

 Fort Gratiot, Maj- 17. 

 Wauwatosa, May 18 

 Elk River, May 22. 



The winter of 1908-09 witnessed a pronounced movement eastward, but 

 not so extended as that of 1889-90. This invasion was noted at Lake George, 

 N. Y., January 30, 1909; Ballston Spa, N. Y., May 4, 1909; Williamstown, 

 Mass., January 26-March 28, 1909; Rutland, Vt., February 12, 1909; 

 Orleans, Vt., February 24, 1909; Phillips, Maine, March i, 1909; Bouchette, 

 Quebec, November 4, 1908; Ottawa, Ontario, May 15, 1909; Houghton, Mich., 

 November 20, 1908-May 3, 1909; Onaga, Kan., November 13, 1908; Kil- 

 larney, Manitoba, November 17, 1908. 



Some other dates of appearance that it seems advisable to put on record 

 are: Plainfield, N. J., January 29, 1911; Williamsport, Pa., February 27, 

 1911; Litchfield, Conn., February 1-13, 1905; Hartford, Conn., October 23, 

 1909 and February 12, 191 1; Clark County, Mo., December 14, 1887; Hick- 

 man, Ky., March 18-25, 1887; Callaway, Neb., September 24, 1902; and 

 Red Cloud, Neb., April 20, 1904. 



The Evening Grosbeaks of Sundance, Wyoming, where they have been 

 taken from October 26, 1903, to April 2, 1906, belong to the Canadian form, 

 and must have made a long migration from Alberta ; though the other form 

 breeds but a short distance to the westward. 



