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hanging the water, no doubt watching for a fish, for fifteen 

 minutes later on Minausin Lake, a half-mile further up stream, 

 I saw another one on a limb overhanging tlie water. As I 

 approached lie quickly vacated, and in a few moments had, with 

 the aid of the wind, disappeared away over the top of Deer 

 Mountains, getting away as though he never intended to return. 

 A couple of hours later, near the head of Spruce Run, a Great 

 Horned Owl flew out over my head from one of the large hem- 

 locks, which grow in this dark and beautiful glen. I had heard 

 one of these birds in August last not far from the same spot. 



American Crossbills, Purple Finches and Field Sparrows, and 

 a great many Juncos were noted; but flocks of Pine Grosbeaks 

 attracted my attention most of all, and my short experience 

 with them alone, made the trip quite worth while. First a 

 single bird flew over my head, singing as he disappeared in the 

 wood. For the next liour or so I would hear them every few 

 minutes uttering a little note much like the Purple Finch but 

 not so loud. Occasionally they would sing, with a single loud 

 whistle followed by a short warble of the quality of a Purple 

 Finch. They flew very much like a Robin, and when I imi- 

 tated the song, three in drab plumage at once flew down to a 

 small leafless birch and sat within six feet of me right out in the 

 open. For several minutes they looked me over, uttering their 

 little " tut tut," as though quietly talking to one another; then, 

 exactly as the Purple Finches do, after a rather vigorous "tut 

 ing," they took wing and joined their companions among the 

 pitch-pines. We were told tliat the Pine Grosbeak is common 

 in winter, but like the Crossbill is erratic, and some years alto- 

 gether absent. 



I also saw what I took to be a Goshawk and a Pigeon Hawk, 

 the latter I have seen a number of times in the fall and summer 

 in the same locality. 



Since so few visits are made to this and similar mountain re- 

 gions in winter, it is probable that there is much to be learned 

 regarding the endurance of certain birds and their sources of 

 food, as well the effect of deep snow and failure of food-supply 

 upon migration. These notes are oflered as a suggestion of what 

 will repay investigation upon these lines. 



