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year on record, and with no sign of spring 

 up to the present. In fact, there is about 

 two feet of snow on the ground with drifts 

 up to ten or even twenty feet in the rural 

 districts, so that the sight of these very 

 rare and very beautiful birds came at a 

 most welcome time. They were seen by 

 many in diflerent parts of the town, so 

 there must have been quite a flock, but 

 no real count was made. They were quite 

 fearless. One was observed by the writer 

 in his front yard where food was placed for 

 birds, so a splendid opportunity was given 

 to make a complete identification. 



Another rare visitor has been the Snow 

 Bunting, and the Starling has made its 

 first appearance here this winter. — W. J. 

 Cartwright, Williamstown, Mass. 



Evening Grosbeak at Ashland, N. H. 



On March 2, 19 16, I observed two 

 female Evening Grosbeaks feeding in some 

 sugar maples, and later in sumac bushes, 

 in the center of the village of Ashland, N. 

 H. As this is the only New Hampshire 

 record I have heard of this winter, I take 

 pleasure in reporting it to Bird-Lore. — 

 John B. May, Waban, Mass. 



Evening Grosbeak at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



On Thursday afternoon, February 17, 

 1916, 1 observed and identified seven Eve- 

 ning Grosbeaks feeding on locust seeds at 

 our farm just outside Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



I reported these to friends, and today, 

 the 20th, I found them back again at 

 10.30 A.M. Today has been cold and snow- 

 ing all day. The birds were here at inter- 

 vals all day, and were last seen at 3.50 



P.M. 



Mr. Allen Trast, of Poughkeepsie, Pro- 

 fessor Saunders and Professor Ellen Free- 

 man, of Vassar College, as well as Miss 

 Dean, a student there, saw and identified 

 them at this appearance with me. 



As these are all bird-students, and as I 

 believe this is a record for Poughkeepsie 

 and Dutchess County, I think it worth 

 reporting. — George W. Gray, Pough- 

 keepsie, N . Y . 



Evening Grosbeak in Rhode Island 



I read with interest in the March- April, 

 Bird-Lore the accounts of the appearance 

 of the Evening Grosbeaks in Massachu- 

 setts, Vermont, New York, and Connecti- 

 cut; but notice that no one has reported 

 them from Rhode Island. 



On April 31, 1916, the writer, in com- 

 pany with Mr. Harvey Perry of Westerly, 

 R. I., saw a flock of seven Evening Gros- 

 beaks (two males and five females) in Wil- 

 cox Park, Westerly. The flock remained 

 several days and two females were seen as 

 late as April 2. — Harry B. Agard, West- 

 erly, R. I. 



The Evening Grosbeak at Clinton, N. Y. 



The notes on Evening Grosbeaks in 

 Bird-Lore for March-April move me to 

 write you that a flock of these birds have 

 been visitors in this village for some time 

 this winter. 



About a month ago, I saw a flock of, 

 perhaps, ten that flew past me and into a 

 large, tall tree about twenty yards away. 



I have seen several pictures of them, and 

 recall to memory those in 'Birds and All 

 Nature,' 'Birds of Michigan,' and L. A. 

 Fuertes plate in 'Birds of New York.' 



I have never seen any before this 

 winter, but I had heard of this flock some 

 weeks before seeing it; have not seen them 

 since. — John Thompson, Clinton, N. Y., 

 April 10, 1916. 



Evening Grosbeak at Newburyport, 

 Mass. 



On Wednesday, March 22, and the 

 Thursday and Friday following, there 

 appeared in this city a flock of Evening 

 Grosbeaks. They came at the same time 

 as the storm of that date and have left 

 within the week. 



They numbered from twenty to thirty 

 and were positively identified, male and 

 female. It is interesting to note that they 

 were tame enough to stay all day in a 

 hedge situated between a school-building 

 and a church. They fed on the buds of 



