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o.'irly ill tlic spiiiii:. 'I'.ikcu Afarcli ."i and noted October ^•2 aiid ir>. ISTS: 

 .laimary l'.", ls7!». a male taken, only oiio soon: April 2L'. issj. saw a flock 

 on I>(>(M- Cn-ck cast (if I »clplii and aimtlicr on the John \\'i<c farm west of 

 Camden. On I'"ei.rnary i:;, INS.". siiol a fiMnale from a tlock near tJie Frank 



'I'l la.^ pond south of ("aindon. While tlic^^e are tiie only definite dales I 



lia\(' in my note-hooks, I have seen the species on many oilier occasions, 

 perhaps most often in the sjiriiifr when they would he feedinir mi the t;reen 

 buds of elms and other trees. 



In Monroe and Vigo counties, this bird was often seen in early spring: 

 it is probably a common winter visitor; it was quite common about Bloom- 

 inirton in the winter of 1SS2-S.''.. January 12, iS.SH, several dozen .seen near 

 I'looininuton. One of the sweetest notes that one m:iy lie.'ir in e.irly siirini; 

 is the souiT of the Purple Finch as. iicrche(l in the top nf some tall elm. he 

 divides his time between feeding' on the fresh tender flower buds and warb- 

 linsr forth his joy of living. 



129. LOXIA CURVIROSTRA MINOR (P.ri>hm). IJKI) CKOSSBIIJ,. (r)21) 



In Mnnror Coiintij, this interesting bird has been noted fre(|uently. usu- 

 ally as a winter visitant. February 10, ISS."!, shot a pair in the grove of 

 pines at Turner's at west edge of Kloomington, and on 28d secured another 

 at same pLice. The next winter they were unusually abundant. In the 

 winter of lS84-o. they were again abundant about Bloomington. esriecially 

 in the Tiirnor grove where 25 specimens were collectid. :\Iar(li 7-10. by .Miss 

 Anna Turner. I. myself, have never seen tliis species in Monroe ("ouiity 

 in the summer, but the late Charles H. T>ollmaii rciiorted seeing a few 

 .Tuly 10. 13. and 14. ISSC. 



In Vigo Connty. I observed it frequently in the winter of 1887-S t Feb- 

 ruary 2 and 6. April 2"). and May ."> and 5). and in lssS-9. among the pine 

 trees at St. Anthony's hospital in Torre Haute. 



In Carroll Coimtii. I have noted it a few times. On December 26. 18S4. I 

 saw perhaps half a dozen feeding among the pines in the Court House yard 

 at Delphi. Beginning with December 11. tlie weather was cold and heavy 

 snow falling, reaching a deptli of 18 to 20 inches, the deepest for several 

 years. On the 27th. it began raining and by January first, most of the 

 snow had gone. On March 27. 1885. saw four or five in Camden, of which 

 T shot a male and crippled a female which I kept as a pet for a week. It 

 b(>canie quite tame and would eat apple-seeds, cooked rice, hickory nuts, 

 hemp-seeds, etc.. from my hand. April 3. saw one flying over; April 23, 

 heard a large flock flying north. 



130. LoxT.\ r.EUCoPTERA Gmeliii. whiif-wixgki) crossbill. (522) 



Tliis species is of rather rare occurrence in Indiana. 



Monroe i'onnty: February (!. 1883, I saw 15 or more in Bloomington. of 

 which I secured several: noted again February 10. From that date until 

 late in March it was common. 



Carroll Connty: It has been noted several times. I.ate in March. 1883. I 

 saw one at the old nursery in South Delphi. On March 3, 1885, a female 

 seen at Camden, in a pin(> tree near my house: March 8, watched a female 

 feeding on the cones of a tam.n-.ick tree in A. M. Evermann's yard in Bur- 



