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early in the spring. Taken March 5 and noted October 12 and 19, 1878; 
January 25, 1879. a male taken, only one seen; April 22, 1884, saw a flock 
on Deer Creek east of Delphi and another on the John Wise farm west of 
Camden. On February 13, 1885, shot a female from a flock near the Frank 
Thomas pond south of Camden. While these are the only definite dates I 
have in my note-books, I have seen the species on many other occasions, 
perhaps most often in the spring when they would be feeding on the green 
buds of elms and other trees. 
In Monroe and Vigo counties, this bird was often seen in early spring; 
it is probably a common winter visitor; it was quite common about Bloom- 
ington in the winter of 1882-83. January 12, 1885, several dozen seen near 
Bloomington. One of the sweetest notes that one may hear in early spring 
is the song of the Purple Finch as, perched in the top of some tall elm, he 
divides his time between feeding on the fresh tender flower buds and warb- 
ling forth his joy of living. 
129. WLOXIA CURVIROSTRA MINOR (Brehm). RED CROSSBILL. (521) 
In Monroe County, this interesting bird has been noted frequently, usu- 
ally as a winter visitant. February 10, 1883, shot a pair in the grove of 
pines at Turner’s at west edge of Bloomington, and on 23d secured another 
at same place. The next winter they were unusually abundant. In the 
winter of 1884-5. they were again abundant about Bloomington, especially 
in the Turner grove where 25 specimens were collected, March 7-10, by Miss 
Anna Turner. I, myself, have never seen this species in Monroe County 
in the summer, but the late Charles H. Bollman reported seeing a few 
July 10, 18, and 14, 1886. 
In Vigo County, I observed it frequently in the winter of 1887-8 (Feb- 
ruary 2 and 6, April 25, and May 3 and 5), and in 1SSS-9, among the pine 
trees at St. Anthony's hospital in Terre Haute. 
In Carroll County. I have noted it a few times. On December 26, 1884, I 
saw perhaps half a dozen feeding among the pines in the Court House yard 
at Delphi. Beginning with December 11, the weather was cold and heavy 
snow falling, reaching a depth of 18 to 20 inches, the deepest for several 
years. On the 27th, it began raining and by January first. most of the 
show had gone. On March 27, 1885, saw four or five in Camden, of which 
I shot a male and crippled a female which I kept as a pet for a week. It 
became quite tame and would eat apple-seeds, cooked rice, hickory nuts, 
hemp-seeds, ete., from my hand. April 5, saw one flying over; April 23, 
heard a large flock flying north. 
130. Loxta LeucopreRA Gmelin. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. (522) 
This species is of rather rare occurrence in Indiana. 
Monroe County: February 6, 1883, IT saw 15 or more in Bloomington, of 
which I secured several: noted again February 10. From that date until 
late in March it was common. 
Carroll County: It has been noted several times. Late in March, 1885, I 
saw one at the old nursery in South Delphi. On March 3, 1885, a female 
seen at Camden, in a pine tree near my house; March 8, watched a female 
feeding on the cones of a tamarack tree in A. M. Evermann’s yard in Bur- 
