456 General Notes [july 



Evening Grosbeaks Common at Lakewood, New Jersey. — It may 



be recalled that Evening Grosbeaks (Hesperiphona vespertina vesperlina) 

 have twice been recorded in 'The Auk' from Lakewood, New Jersey, as 

 rarities. During the winter of 1919-20 they occurred frequently through- 

 out my stay in the town, from February 11 to April 24; and there were a 

 good many of them. On April 15, 1920, I counted eighteen in two maples 

 on Lexington Avenue, near Main Street. 



Has this garrulous bird often been heard to sing at the time of its eastern 

 visits? I have never heard it sing, though I have met with it on many 

 occasions in northern New England up to the middle of May. — Nathan 

 Clifford Brown, Portland, Maine. 



Evening Grosbeaks at Princeton, New Jersey. — A flock of four 

 Evening Grosbeaks (Hesperiphona v. vespertina), consisting of one male 

 and three females, were recent visitors in the town of Princeton for sev- 

 eral weeks. They were first observed by Mrs. Alfred T. Baker on Feb- 

 ruary 16. They were positively identified by Prof. Alexander H. Phillips 

 — well known as an ornithologist — feeding on the seed spread for birds 

 at his own residence, on March 1 ; and by me on March 2, and were last 

 seen by Prof. Phillips on March 13, the number having increased to eight 

 — all females. 



So far as I am aware this is the first record of these birds in the im- 

 mediate locality. — Henry Lane Eno, Princeton, N. J. 



The Newfoundland Crossbill in the Washington Region. — A Red 



Crossbill secured at Four-Mile Run, Virginia, opposite the city of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, on November 30, 1919, proves to be an individual referable 

 to the subspecies recently described from Newfoundland (Loxia curvi- 

 rostra percna Bent). On first examination some doubt arose as to the 

 identity of this bird as the skins of percna available were all in summer 

 plumage. Mr. A. C. Bent, who has kindly examined the specimen in ques- 

 tion and compared it with other fall and winter examples of the New- 

 foundland bird in his possession, informs me that it is undoubtedly a speci- 

 men of percna. 1 The bird is a male in plain plumage with little red evident 

 on the feathers. It is noticeably dark in color and is of large size, being 

 within the limits of variation given for percna. Measurements are as fol- 

 lows, wing 93 mm., tail 56 mm., and culmen 18.1 mm. It is probable that 

 study of the series of Red Crossbills taken a number of years ago by various 

 collectors in this region may reveal other specimens representing the 

 Newfoundland race. — Alexander Wetmore, Biological Survey, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



i See 'Auk,' 1920, p. 298. 



