1/2 Norton, Evening Grosbeak in Maine. [April 



of this migration, and of the numbers of birds observed at different 

 places in the State. 



Aroostook County. — Mr. L. W. Robbins writing from Houlton, 

 April 4, 1916, states: "About three weeks ago I saw a flock of six, 

 two in mature plumage. There is not the slightest doubt of their 

 presence in large numbers in this part of the state this winter." 



Washington County. — Mr. Clarence H. Clark of Lubec, 

 wrote : — " January first to April first, several small flocks visited 

 Eastern Maine and were seen at Millbridge, Steuben, Machias, 

 Calais and Lubec." Prof. Wm. L. Powers principal of the Wash- 

 ington (County) Normal School, wrote on April 10: — "We have 

 had a large flock of Evening Grosbeaks here in Machias since 

 February: the largest number reported to me by any one person 

 is seventeen seen at one time." 



Hancock County. — In the same letter Prof. Powers stated that 

 one had been reported to him from Sullivan. 



On March 19, 1916 Miss Cordelia J. Stanwood wrote from Ells- 

 worth that she had seen a male that day, and the birds had been 

 reported in town for about three weeks. Mrs. Augusta (W. H.) 

 Gardiner of Bucksport wrote: — "I first saw the birds on Decem- 

 ber 31, 1915. There were but two of them. In January, 1916, 

 small flocks numbering from four or five to a dozen were seen. 

 ....About February 17 they seemed to increase in numbers to 

 forty or fifty: they stayed through April and along into May, my 

 latest date is May 11, [1916]." 



Penobscot County. — Jan. 13, 1916, Dr. Wallace Craig at 

 Orono, wrote: "Two of us saw a flock of Evening Grosbeaks here 

 yesterday." Dr. Craig furnished a carefully prepared copy of 

 observations in his possession showing date, place, number of 

 birds and name of observer. This report shows dates between 

 Jan. 12 and April 10, 1916, at Orono, chiefly on the State Uni- 

 versity campus, and at Bangor and Stillwater. Twenty is the 

 largest number reported (seen March 5), in the list, with most of 

 the definite numbers ranging between this number and ten. 



The list shows the larger numbers to have been observed from 

 March 4 (eighteen) to March 19 (fifteen). Norman Lewis in the 

 'Bangor Commercial' for April, 1916 published a signed letter 

 reporting over a hundred seen at Hampden. Later in 'Bird-Lore' 



