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Bicknell noted these birds were present in the lower Hudson valley, and 

 in April of the latter year found their nest. In the same article is no- 

 ticed the occurrence of the species about New York City in late sprint; 

 and early summer ; on Long Island in midsummer, and on the Bermudas 

 from March to May. (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club. Vol. V., pp. 7-11.) Mr. E. 

 W. Nelson in his paper on "Birds cf Northeastern Illinois," read before 

 the Essex Institute, December 4, 1876, says it was " formerly a common 

 winter resident ; now rare." Messrs. Dury and Freeman (Journ. Cin. Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., 1879, p. 4), note its occurrence at Westwood, ()., in 1879. Dr. J. 

 M. Wheaton (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1879, p. 62) gives the following ac- 

 count of the occurrence of the species in Ohio: "On the 18th of June 

 last, Mr. Charles Hinman killed one of these birds out of a tlock of eight 

 or ten which visited the coniferous trees in his garden in this city (Col- 

 umbus). The specimen, which came into my possession by the kindness 

 of Mr. Oliver Davie, was a male, not in full plumage. I have since learned 

 that the Bed Crossbill has remained during the season in the vicinity of 

 Cleveland in considerable numbers, and is reported to have nested there." 

 la commenting on this note (Ohio Geol. Survey, Vol. IV., Zoology and 

 Botany, p. 317), Dr. Wheaton says: " I was unable to learn whether its 

 nest had been actually discovered," and adds : " It has been known to 

 nest in Indiana within a few years." I regret very much that I have 

 been unable to get any clue whatever to the authority upon which this 

 statement is made. Prof. A. J. Cook in writing of the Birds of Michigan 

 says of the American Crossbill : " Occasional in summer. Dr. H. A. At- 

 kins took nests of this species at Locke, July 13, 1880." It had previonsly 

 been reported as breeding in Minnesota. In July and August, 1880, they 

 were noted at Rugby, Tenn. (The Oologist, Vol. V., pp. 78-9; Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, Vol. VI., pp. 56-7.) Dr. C. Hart Merriam notes it as an "abund- 

 ant resident" in the Adirondack region. He says it is " rather scarce and 

 irregular in summer, but the commonest bird in winter and early spring. 

 Breeds in February and March while the snow is still four or five feet 

 deep on the level and the temperature below zero (Fahr.). Have taken 

 full fledged young in April." (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VI., p. 229.) 



Mr. C. W. Beckham (Birds of Nelson County, Kentucky : Ky. Geol. Surv., 

 p. 24), says: "A flock of six or eight of these birds appeared here on 

 November 18, 1882 on some pine trees, the first time I had ever observed 

 them. They remained only a day or two, and none were seen until the 

 17th of March following, when I shot eight out of a flock of about twenty, 



