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of the seeds. Almost at the same moment I heard a soft and very melo- 
dious cheep, and on looking up into the tree I beheld a flock of thirty- 
nine of these strangely beautiful birds. They were very silent and quite 
unsuspicious. Only now and then a soft cheep-cheep was uttered by one 
or the other of the party. When they were alarmed they uttered a rather 
sharp and quick ch#f and then all took wing. One morning I found a 
few on a mountain ash where they evidently were feeding on the seeds of 
the dry fruit. They were only seen early in the morning, never later in 
the day. In the West Park, a place where the birds are always pro- 
tected, they were rather abundant during the months mentioned. — 
H. NEHRLING, Aiilwaukee, Wisc. 
Feeding Habits of the Pine Siskin.— Mrs. W. C. Horton, president 
of the Brattleboro, Vt., Bird Club (a branch of the American Society of 
Bird Restorers), and a member of this Society’s patrol, reports that on 
April 14 of this year, Pine Siskins (Sfzzws Jinus) were observed feeding 
on the seeds of cones in a pine grove near her Brattleboro home. Two 
young Siskins were also noted, apparently just out of the nest. These 
youngsters were assiduously fed by at least one of the parents, but with 
what was not clear. Several feedings occurred and between them the 
parent procured no visible supply of food. To the observers it seemed 
highly probable that the feeding was done by regurgitation.— FLETCHER 
Oscoop, Boston, Mass. 
Large Flight of White-winged Crossbills on Long Island, N. Y.— The 
Red Crossbills, Loxta curvirostra minor, are more or less regular in 
their appearance on Long Island each year and occasionally breed there, 
but the presence of the White-winged Crossbill, Loxza leucoptera, is of 
such rare occurrence, that I consider their appearance in such large num- 
bers during the past fall and winter worthy of note. 
Capt. James G. Scott presented me with a fine adult male of_this spe- 
cies that he shot on the 7th of November from a flock of seven or eight at 
Montauk Point, L. I. The next evidence of their presence that came to 
my notice was on the 20th of November, when I met with them in large 
numbers. Between Mount Sinai Harbor and Long Island is a long strip 
of beach and low sand ridges; on the harbor side these are covered with 
a scattering growth of bushes and dwarfed red cedars. The hills on the 
eastern side of the harbor are covered with a thick growth of red cedars, 
and it was in this vicinity that most of the birds were noticed. There 
was a strong northwest wind blowing at the time and the birds were fly- 
ing very low, many of them just clearing the tops of the trees and bushes, 
Most of the birds were noticed between 9 A. M.and12M. During this 
time thousands of Pine Finches, Goldfinches and White-winged Cross- 
bills were passing westward, occasionally in mixed flocks, but each species 
appearing to keep in groups by themselves. Between the hours men- 
