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of Perth [I shouid have written Lyn, a place six miles west of Brock- 
ville. 
Mr. Nicol of Cataraqui was driving near Lyn, when the Grosbeaks 
were here and saw a large flock of the birds. Two were also sent to 
Mr Stratford, from McDonald’s Corners. Mr. Stratford mounted eleven 
Evening Grosbeaks in all, nine obtained from this locality, and two that 
were sent from McDonald’s Corners, in the County of Lanark. 
Dr. A. C. Bowerman, of Bloomfield, near Picton, Prince Edward County, 
writes as follows : 
“JT have the skin of a female Evening Grosbeak. They came about 
Christmas, and remained up to March, and the birds were quite numerous. 
Mr. Elkington, taxidermist, brought me a bird about the rst of March, 
which I skinned.”—C. K. CuarkK, M. D., Kingston. 
During the thirty years I have lived in Guelph, I have never known a 
single specimen of the Evening Grosbeak having been taken. 
The Pine Grosbeak, Pznicola enucleator, during that time has visited 
this section of the country several times, and the Rosebreasted Grosbeak, 
Fabia ludoviczana, is comparatively plentiful in the woods of the sur- 
rounding country, but I am not aware of any of the Evening Grosbeak 
being seen in this vicinity.—J as. GOLDIF, Guelph, Ontario. 
With reference to that interesting flight of Evening Grosbeaks, in the 
winter of 1889-90. On turning up my notes I find the first record on 
_January.21, 1890, when I saw for the first time, a pair of .these 
birds alive. They were upon an orchard tree in the town. On the 24th, I 
received from my friend Mr. McIlwraith, of Hamilton, a pair of these 
beautiful birds in the flesh, and while examining them at my window I 
happened to look out and there upon the ground, under my very nose, 
was a pair of the beauties. I am almost ashamed to say I ran for my 
gun and shot them both. There were three more in one of the trees 
uttering a plaintive call note as if for their mates. Next morning on 
looking out I saw six of these birds cither hens or young birds, found 
they were feeding upon the seeds of the Robinza pseudacacta, or common 
locust tree the pods of which strewed the sidewalk. The two pairs I 
mounted and have in my collection. In their stomachs I found only the 
above seeds. On February 20, five of them were still seen feeding upon 
the locust tree although they were occasionally seen upon the ground 
feeding. March 15, saw four hens or immature males. March 29, 
great snow storm, covers the ground six inches deep. Saw six Evening 
Grosbeaks feeding in the locust tree, which is the last record I have of 
them. During January, February, and March, 1890, I heard of these 
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