284 Allen, Nesting of the Pine Finch in Southern Netv York. [October 



is each year becoming higher, showing how great is the demand 

 and how profitable the traffic is to these men-milliners. 



[Errata. — The first two papers of this series were published without 

 the author being able to revise the proofs. He now sends the following 

 list of errata : 



Page 138, line 24 for Boya Sieya read Boga Siega. 



" 138, " 28 " Lechvallier " Lechevallier. 



" 213, " " Nyakka " Myiakka. 



" 215, " 6 " Rossa " Rassa. 



" 216, lines 7, 24, 40 for Rossa " " 



" 221, " 17, 20, 23, 25, 29, 35 for Rossa " " 



" 221, " 29 for we " he. 



" 221, " 27 " Myakka " Myiakka. 



" 222, " 6 " 

 Also in the Paper entitled 'Some Rare Florida Birds,' Punta Rossa on 

 pages 133 and 134 should read Punta Rassa. — Edd.] 



THE PINE FINCH {SPINUS PINUS) BREEDING AT 

 CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. 



BY J. A. ALLEN. 



On April 20. 1SS7, * went to Cornwall-on-Hndson, Orange 

 Co., N. Y., where I remained till May 12, making my home at 

 the residence of Mr. Daniel Taft. The house is in the midst of 

 a lawn of several acres in extent, well set with fruit and shade 

 trees, overlooking the Hudson. 



On the day of my arrival a small flock of Pine Finches, busily 

 hunting food in the pines and spruces, attracted my attention, 

 but as the season was late and the weather still cold it was not, 

 of course, a noteworthy occurrence. They continued to haunt 

 the vicinity for several days, when all disappeared except a sin- 

 gle pair. On the morning of May 3, I was surprised to see one 

 of the birds gathering material for a nest. She was easily traced 

 to the lower branch of a Norway pine, scarcely thirty feet from 

 the piazza, and almost within reach of a little summer house 

 overrun with a wisteria vine. The site chosen for the nest was 

 the extremity of the branch, about eight or ten feet from the 

 ground, and well concealed. Several times the little builder 

 carried material to the nest while I was sitting in the arbor, al- 

 most within reach of it. Although I afterward carefully kept 

 away, the birds seemed not fully satisfied with the exposed situ- 



