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were seen for a few days in a place while some food was available, 

 or they made a single visit and were not seen again. 



A considerable number of local reports were gathered, again 

 showing a wide invasion, and the number of birds present, rather 

 large. 



Washington County. — On January 27, 1917, Mr. Clarence H. 

 Clark wrote, "The Evening Grosbeaks are visiting this section 

 again this winter: have heard of no large flocks, only scattering 

 birds." 



Penobscot County. — Arch Hiram Morrell under date of 

 December 31, 1916 wrote "I have met some people who said the 

 Evening Grosbeaks were staying in Bangor. They had seen them 

 since about two weeks before Christmas. There were five in all, 

 four males. The birds visited a Pine tree near their house, appar- 

 ently getting food near the tips of the branches." 



Mrs. Mary L. Morse, of Orono, on April 28, 1917, wrote, "The 

 Evening Grosbeaks were here this winter but in less numbers, and 

 people who saw them both winters seem to think they were not as 

 frequently seen. — They were reported several times during the 

 winter by members of the club who live in Bangor." 



Kennebec County. — Miss Dora Norton, on April 18, 1917 

 wrote from Gardiner: "The flock this year is about" going from a 

 point " in Farmingdale, about a quarter of a mile as the crow flies. 

 They have been seen in quite another part of the city, in the vicin- 

 ity of Lincoln Avenue." 



Sagadahoc County. — Miss Nellie F. Dunton, under date of 

 March 30, 1917 says, "Dr. E. J. Marston saw a flock of possibly 

 twenty-five three weeks ago last Sunday [i. e. Feb. 18, 1917] 

 in the outskirts of Bath, mostly grey, only two or three yellow that 

 he could see. He saw four of them some two or three weeks earlier 

 on Center Street in town." 



Cumberland County. — Early in February, Philip Cobb re- 

 ported that he had seen two males and three females on January 

 26 and 27 on the campus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick. April 

 5, 1917 Dr. Alfred O. Gross of Bowdoin College, wrote, "Mr. G. H. 

 Brewster, who is specializing in bird work here, reports a group of 

 seven, which were seen most every day from January 16th to 

 February 5th and again March 1st (1917). I have two records 



