Vol ' 1 ^f XV ] Norton, Evening Grosbeak in Maine. 179 



Woodstock, Ontario. 1 In 1865 one was taken in Huron County, 

 Ontario. 2 



In 1866 it was included, without comment, in the list of birds 

 observed in or near New York city. 3 



Butler, omitting Mcllwraith's 1863 record, cites him as reporting 

 it at Woodstock, Ontario, May, 1866. I find no other published 

 report of this occurrence (?). 4 



Dr. Morris Gibbs reported its occurrence at Grand Rapids and 

 Kalamazoo, Michigan, in March, 1869. 5 In 1870, it was seen at 

 Minneapolis in November, 6 and at Toronto in late December, 7 

 while through the winter of 1870-71 large flocks were recorded 

 from Freeport, Illinois. 8 



Butler regards this as the "First extensive wandering of the 

 Evening Grosbeak." 9 



Nelson, in commenting on its abundance in Northern Illinois in 

 the winter of 1871, says of the next winter [i. e. 1872], "Much rarer 

 ... I am told that formerly it was of much more regular occur- 

 rence." 10 



During the autumn "About 1872" six were secured from a 

 small flock near Eureka, Illinois, about one hundred and twenty 

 miles south of the place mentioned by Brewer. 11 



The following spring, March, 1873, it was observed at Kala- 

 mazoo, Michigan, indicating possible wintering south of the 

 Lakes. 12 In 1874 — date not given — one was shot in Huron 

 County, Ontario. 13 



Some time during the winter of 1875, one was seen at Elizabeth- 

 town, Essex County, New York, by Mr. Cutting." 14 



i 18S3: Mcllwraith, Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. VIII: 146. Butler cites Mcllwraith, May 

 1866; a typographical error? 



2 1892: Gamier, Proc. Can. Inst. Ill: 88. 



3 1866: Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. H., N. Y., VIII: 289. 

 « 1892: Butler, Auk, IX. 



6 1892: Butler, Auk, IX: 240. 



« 1892: Hatch, Birds Minn. 291. 



7 1885: Seton, Auk, II: 334. 



s 1874: Brewer, Hist. N. Am. Bds. I: 452. 



» 1S92: Butler, Auk, IX: 247. 

 "> 1876: Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst. VIII: 104. 

 ■11881: Hay, Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. VI: 179. 

 "1892: Butler, Auk, IX: 240. 

 " 1892: Gamier, Proc. Can. Inst. Ill: 88. 

 " 187.5: Brewer, Proc. Bosl. Soc. N. H. XVII: 451. 



