174 Norton, Evening Grosbeak in Maine. LApril 



observed a flock of over fifty Evening Grosbeaks in woods at the 

 foot of Cherry Street in that city. 



Franklin County. — Resuming Mr. Swain's long list of stations 

 we find the following Franklin County towns — Eustis, and Strat- 

 ton, Farmington, Kingfield, Phillips and Strong. At Farmington, 

 writes Mr. Swain, "They came early in January, and have been 

 feeding on the bank in front of my house every day since." In a 

 more recent letter, he states that on Sunday, May 28, 1916, they 

 were in the usual numbers, " and on Monday morning I heard them 

 as I went to take the train .... we counted about thirty-five or 

 forty on the 28th." 



Androscoggin County. — Carrie E. Miller has reported the 

 appearance of the birds at Lewiston, Dec. 31, 1915. Seventeen 

 were present late in January, increasing later to thirty-five. 1 



Oxford County. — Letters from Mrs. Albert D. Park of South 

 Paris furnished the earliest record for the season, Nov. 27, 1915, 

 when a female came to her premises, and "was here for some 

 weeks before others were seen." On Jan. 9, 1916, eighteen were 

 present, and she counted twenty-five in one flock during the winter. 

 On April 4 she wrote, " three pairs or more were here yesterday." 

 and later: " A female Evening Grosbeak was seen in our Village on 

 June 4th." In her note of April 4 she stated, "They have been 

 coming about four years." 



Cumberland County. — A single immature male was seen by 

 Miss Gertrude Morse, at Cape Elizabeth, Jan. 18, 1916. Miss 

 Morse also furnished a report of the occurrence of four males and 

 one female seen at Gorham, Feb. 19, 1916. March 3, 1916 

 Mr. Eben Corey reported the observation of two males at the 

 Western Cemetery, Portland. The birds took up permanent quar- 

 ters in this western section of the city, increasing considerably in 

 numbers until late March, when they decreased. After March 31 

 the writer failed to find them or to hear of their presence until 

 April 11, when a single female was found at the cemetery. On 

 May 5 Mr. Storrs Brigham observed about a dozen there. On 

 May 8 four females rewarded his search and on May 9 and 10 he 

 saw apparently the same birds. May 10 is the latest reported 



i 1916: Miller, Bird-Lore. XVIII: 180. 



