the mountains on the borders of North Carolina and Tennessee in July 

 and August 1886. Mr. Arthur T. Wayne, in the same volume, pp. 287-289, 

 notes their abundance near Yemassee, S. C, in November and December, 

 1886, and in January and February, 1887. He noted them again in the 

 same vicinity November 20, 1887 (The Auk., Vol. V., p. 115), also during 

 January, 1888 (Ibid, p. 208). Mr. Frank M. Chapman also reports them 

 from Aiken, S. C, November 12, 1887, (Ibid, p. 324). Mr. G. G. William- 

 son observed them in Monroe County, Ind., January 18 and February 6, 



1886. Mr. J. G. Parker reports them from Lake County, Ind., in May, 



1887. In the fall of 1887, I again observed them at Brookville, Ind. They 

 came to feed among the pines in my yard. October 29 several were seen 

 and they last appeared November 19. Prof. Walter Faxon and Dr. J. A. 

 Allen give it as common in the White Mountains, N. H., in July 1874, 

 June 1885 and June 1886 (The Auk., Vol. V.. p. 152.) Dr. J. A. Allen on the 

 next page of the same number of " The Auk," speaks of a pair of Ameri- 

 can Crossbills taken at Mandeville, La., March 27, 1888. Prof. B. W. Ev- 

 ermann found them in Vigo County, Indiana in the spring of 1888. They 

 were first seen February 6 and disappeared May (i. Mr. J. 0. Snyder 

 found them at Waterloo, Ind., March 13 and 17, 1888. Mr. H. N. McCoy 

 informs me they were quite common in Wayne county, Ind., in the early 

 part of 1888. They were last seen April 5. Mr. G. G. Williamson saw 

 six or eight individuals near Muncie, Ind., April 17, 1888. May 4 he saw 

 three others. Mr. Otho C. Poling notes their occurrence in Adams county, 

 111. He gives no account of their occurrence in summer (The Auk., Vol. 

 VII., p. 239). Mr. John A. Balmer, informs me these Crossbills were 

 found in the vicinity of Vincennes, Ind. in the winter of 1888-9. Mr. J. 

 F. Clearwaters told .me of the capture of two of these birds in Putnam 

 county, Ind., in the winter of 1888. A flock of American Crossbills was 

 seen by Mr. J. O. Snyder at Waterloo, Ind., April 27, 1889. Mr. Stewart 

 E. White informs me he found them common on Mackinack Island, 

 Mich., August 3 to August 9, 1S89. Mr. H. W. McBride wrote me of tak- 

 ing three specimens at Waterloo, Ind., April 2, 1890. February 14, 1891, 

 Mr. Stewart E. White saw six at Grand Rapids, Mich. He next noted the 

 species March 16. He says it is quite rare in that vicinity. Mr. J. F. 

 Clearwaters gave me the following account of their occurrence in Putnam 

 county, Ind.: "On July 27, 1891, Jesse Earll was down beside the old 

 mill pond, where we collect all our water birds, and noticed five birds on 

 the ground, apparently probing in the mud with their bills. As they 



