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From his Stanton Lake camp Mr. Iliggiiibon Avrotc: "I had been 

 on the lookout for these birds all winter, but Avithout seeing any until 

 January 29. On that day I walked out of my cabin to find the small 

 pine trees occupied by about 20, From this time on they were very 

 plentiful, and I took a number of specimens varying in plumage from 

 the young gray birds to the old dark red males. Some flocks I found 

 low down in small trees, but for the most part they were in the tall fir 

 trees that bordered the edge of the lake." In the fall of 1887 Dr. 

 Grinnell found the pine grosbeaks quite abundant in the mountains 

 about Red Eagle and Cut Bank, " manj^ singing sweetly, even during 

 snowstorms." On April 10. 1018. Mr. Bailey heard them singing at 

 Belton, and one was seen and heard, April 19, near Dutch Creek. 



Cassix Purple Finch: Carpodacus 

 cassmi. — A pair of the Cassin finches, 

 the male dull pinkish with a square 

 crimson crown patch, and the female 

 brown and streaked, were found at 

 Granite Park in the middle of July 

 singing around the chalet and pick- 

 ing up grain spilled by the saddle 

 horses. Doubtless the same pair were 

 seen there by Mr. H. C. Bryant, of Cali- 

 fornia, the last of July. 



Crossbill: Loxla curci rostra hend'/t'ei. — A large parti-colored 

 flock — some I'ed. some \ello\vish. and some striped — were seen July 



From Handbook of Western Birds. 



Fig. 75. — Cassin purpli' finch. 



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Fig. 70. — Crossbills. 



