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to be nutlets of the wild cherry, Prunus serottna, which had fallen 
the year before. The above named gentlemen secured nine males and 
fifteen females that day besides leaving several wounded birds which 
escaped to the neighbouring gardens. They were in excellent condition, 
being very fat. The birds remained in that vicinity about two weeks 
and during that interval Gray, Mitchell, and myself visited the place,, 
and obtained specimens each time, in fact they were seen there as long 
as the food lasted. From February Ist, to 8th, I saw several small. 
flocks on Ontario and Howard Streets, and on the Danforth Road,. 
feeding on the seeds of mountain ash, Pyruws acuparia, and on February 
27th, I saw a flock of about thirty Evening Grosbeaks, in company with 
about a dozen Pine Grosbeaks, Pznzcola enucleator, in Mr. William’s 
garden on Ontario Street, stripping an apple tree which contained about 
half a bushel of rotten fruit, that had not been gathered the year 
before. On making an examination of the refuse under the tree after 
the birds departed, I found that only the seeds had been eaten, as in 
every case where I have made examinations of the stomachs of these 
birds, I found the kernels of the different seeds, and nutlets composing 
their food have been entirely denuded of their shell. 
I had reports given me, almost every day by many reliable persons, 
of flocks being seen on Logan and Pape Avenues, from the Ist to the 
20th March, on which last date while collecting Gulls in the vicinity of 
Norway, I saw a flock feeding on the cones of a large pine tree, Pzmus 
restnosa, this is the last time I saw the birds that year, although I heard 
several reports of them being seen till the middle of April. In my 
opinion from the first appearance of the birds in January, until the 
middle of April, they were seen every day by some persons about 
Toronto and suburbs, and that they came to us for food is very 
evident by their remaining with us so long, and their being so 
exceedingly tame. Numbers of them were killed by boys with sticks 
and catapults every day, in the streets of our city.—D. G. Cox. 
I have made as extensive enquiry as possible in regard to the occur- 
rence of the Evening Grosbeak in this vicinity in the early part of 
January, 1890. All the evidence that I can collect goes to show that 
the birds arrived here about the Ist of January, and at least some of 
them remained until March. 
In looking over my notes, I find an entry on January 2oth, to the effect 
that the Evening Grosheaks, a heretofore unknown bird in this vicinity,. 
had been with us in large numbers for three weeks. 
About January Ist, a boy brought me a bird that he said I might 
want for a specimen, as it had very bright plumage. The bird was new,,. 
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