Birds of Indiana. 919 



Dr. Haymond makes no record of the Crossbill in his list of 1856, 

 and the first accoimt at hand is that of Dr. Wheaton, who noted it from 

 Ohio in the winter of 1859-60. Dr. Haymond included it in his report 

 of the birds of Franklin County in 1869. That year and the succeed- 

 ing, Mt. C. E. Aiken observed them in Lake County, Ind., and Cook 

 County, 111. They were not again observed in Indiana until the winter 

 of 1882-3, when they spread over Indiana and reached at least to 

 Nelson County, Ky. (Beecham, p. 24). That winter they were reported 

 by Prof. Evermann from Monroe and Carroll counties, and Mr. E. R. 

 Quick and myself took them at Brookville. 



The three succeeding winters they were noted in different parts of 

 the State, as far south as Bloomington. In May, 1887, they were 

 reported from Lake County. The succeeding fall they were found at 

 Brookville from October 29 to November 19, and from there and 

 Terre Haute northward were reported the following winter and spring. 

 The winter of 1888-9, they were found over western Indiana, as far 

 south as Vincennes. From that time until 1897, when they were 

 noted at Lafayette, they were not reported from the State in winter. 

 They were, however, reported as migrant in the spring of 1890, 1891, 

 1892, and 1895, and in the fall of 1894; Wabash, September 11, 1894 

 (Ulrey and Wallace). When they visit us, they usually arrive in late 

 October or November, and pass northward in March and April. Some- 

 times, however, they remain much later. Mr. C. E,. Aiken tells me 

 they became very abundant in the vicinity of Chicago, including Lake 

 County, Ind., in July and August, 1869, and remained until late in the 

 fall. They fed greedily on sunflower seeds, and were so sluggish that 

 one could approach within a few feet of them, so that they fell an 

 easy prey to boys with catapults. He says they were not rare the suc- 

 ceeding year in the vicinity of Chicago. The summer of 1878 they 

 were found at Columbus, 0., and abundantly at Cleveland, 0. In 

 1885 they remained at Bloomington until May 12; in 1886 they were 

 noted July 10, 13, and 14. They have also been noted in summer at 

 Muncie, May 4, 1888; Greencastle, July 27, 1891; Bainbridge, July 11- 

 15, 1892; Lafayette, March 11 to June 30, 1892; March 30 

 to May 22, 1895; February 22 to May 24, 1897. For the note's from 

 Lafayette I am indebted to Messrs. L. A. and C. D. Test. 



In the summer of 1878 they were reported to have bred in the 

 vicinity of Cleveland, 0. Dr. Wheaton reports it having been known 

 to nest in Indiana (Ohio Geol. Survey, Vol. IV., 1879, p. 317). Mr. 

 E. M. Kindle informs me that Mr. Sam Hunter reported a pair of 

 these Crossbills to have bred at Bloomington, Ind.. in 1885. The 

 nest was said to have been placed in a pine tree and was made ex- 



