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I am told that this bird has also a very musical whis- 

 tling call. 



I found the grosbeaks in Belknap County, New Hamp- 

 shire, in June, 1886, and in St. Lawrence County, New 

 York, in June, 1887. 



In their fall migrations they go in flocks, occasionally 

 calling upon the farmers for food, appearing as tame and 

 as much at home as if they had been raised by them. 

 Flocks have passed through northern New Hampshire on 

 their journey South in December, paying leisurely visits 

 to the cider mills for the apple-seeds in the cast-off pum- 

 ice, apparently very little concerned about the cold. 



