° 1918 J Norton, Evening Grosbeak in Maine. 171 



In 1912-13 another flight to the northeastern states was noticed 

 and though not a large one, the following Maine reports came to 

 hand: — A flock at Machias in November, 1912, was seen by Mr. 

 John Powers and positively identified, and some numbers were 

 observed elsewhere in Washington, and in Aroostook Counties that 

 winter. 1 The same season Miss Harriette Abbott recorded a flock 

 of twenty at Fairfield (in the Kennebec Valley), March 2 which 

 remained about three weeks. 2 On March 22, 1913, Mrs. Wm. I. 

 Hacker saw three females in a Rowan tree by her window in the 

 Deering Center section of Portland. On the same date and for 

 several succeeding days, on the grounds of the Swedenborgian 

 church in Bath, Miss Nellie F. Dunton reports several as having 

 been seen. On March 29, 1913 Mrs. F. M. Ray observed an adult 

 male and four dull colored companions in Saccarappa Cemetery, 

 Westbrook, and on April 1 she found eleven there, two of which 

 were adult males. A few hours later with her guidance, I saw nine 

 at the same place, one being an adult male. Mrs. Ray kept a 

 careful watch but saw no more until April 3 when the birds made 

 their last appearance there for the season. 



The following season, 1913-14, Mr. Freelan Howe reported four- 

 teen at South Paris, late in December, 3 while Mr. Nathan C. Brown 

 observed and recorded seven at Western Cemetery, Portland, on 

 April 16, 1914. 4 



The season of 1915-1916 was remarkable for the great migration 

 of Evening Grosbeaks, extending from Minnesota 8 to St. Stephen, 

 New Brunswick, 6 and from Montreal 7 to Pennsylvania. 8 



The reports from New York and the New England states, for 

 this winter published in 'The Auk' and ' Bird-Lore' are too numer- 

 ous to mention in this connection. Throughout Maine, where 

 reports could be obtained, the birds were observed in various 

 numbers, showing that very large numbers visited the State. The 

 following extracts from letters will show something of the extent 



1 W. L. Powers in letter. 



2 1913: Abbott, Bird-Lore, XV: 309. 



3 1914: Howe, Bird-Lore, XVI: 27. 

 < 1915: Brown, Auk, XXXII: 102. 



6 1916: Boberts, Occ. Papers Geol. & N. H. Surv. Minn., Zool. Div. No. 1. 



« 1916: Burnett, Bird-Lore, XVIII: ISO. 



i 1916: Gammell, Can. Bee. Sci. IX: 483-488. 



s 1916: Gage, Auk, XXXIII: 325. 



