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Evening Grosbeak at Brantingham, Lewis Co., N. Y. — Early on 

 the morning of May 20, 1916, Mr. C. F. Stone and myself saw a female 

 Evening Grosbeak in the woods near the hotel at Lake Brantingham. 

 When first seen it was on the ground where it soon picked up a small twig 

 in its bill, flew with it up into a beech tree, and we had hopes of finding 

 the nest. However the twig did not seem to suit, as it was soon dropped 

 to the ground and the Grosbeak flew off through the woods and we could 

 not again locate it. — Verdi Burtch, Branch-port, N. Y . 



The Evening Grosbeak in Monte Vista, Colo. — In order to add 

 to the fullness of the records concerning the great wave of Evening Gros- 

 beaks (C. vespertina) which seemed to have been widespread over a large 

 part of the United States this winter, the following notes are here recorded : 

 The Western Evening Grosbeak (C. v. montana) was first seen in Monte 

 Vista, this year, on October 17, there being three females. They were 

 eating buds from the willow trees in my yard. On October 21, a flock 

 of more than twenty-five males and females was noted in the yard. Many 

 more were seen thereafter, from October 24 to October 28, inclusive. 

 They left the vicinity of my house on October 28, just before a severe 

 snowstorm, which occurred the next day. These birds seemed to prefer 

 the buds of willow trees, and it also seemed to me that at first the males 

 and females kept apart, though the sexes mingled later on; the females 

 arrived first. Because of their extraordinary tameness they could be 

 studied at close range and to great advantage, hence the realtive ease in 

 determining the sexes. — Mrs. Jesse Stephenson, Monte Vista, Colo. 



Some Sparrow Notes from Madison, Wisconsin. — On May 17, 

 1919, I collected a typical specimen of Gambel's Sparrow (Zonotrichia I. 

 gambelii) in the vicinity of Madison. My identification was later affirmed 

 by Dr. Oberholser. The bird was unaccompanied by any other sparrow. 

 A point of passing interest may lie in the fact that I obtained this spring 

 only one record, May 4, of the White-crowned Sparrow (Z. leucophrys) 

 during the course of forty extensive field trips. The status of Z. I. gambelii 

 in the middle-western states, east of the Mississippi, follows: There are 

 no records for Ohio through 1919 (Lynds Jones), for Indiana through 

 1897 (Butler), for Michigan through 1912 (Barrows), or for Illinois through 

 1909 (Cory). For Wisconsin a typical specimen dated April 20, 1871, 

 was taken by Dr. Hoy, and a further entry in the Kumlien-Hollister State 

 List adds, "Specimens have been taken a number of times about Lake 

 Koshkonong which are almost, if not quite, typical gatnbelii." 



The writer has two spring observations to record of Le Conte's Sparrow 

 (Ammodramus leconteii), both singing males from the vicinity of Madison. 

 The birds in each case were relatively easy of approach, in moist prairie 

 fields, and were studied under ideal conditions. The first sparrow was 

 observed while the writer was in company with Norman DeW. Betts on 



