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is an easy matter to save them when making a skin, and no preparation is 

 necessary other than to allow the tongue to dry, as a little soaking will 

 restore the tongue nearly to its fresh condition. — F. A. Lucas, U. S. 

 National Museum, Washington, D. C. 



Pinicola enucleator in Westchester County, N. Y. — Some two miles 

 northeast from Sing Sing, N. Y., on February 12, 1896, I shot a male 

 Pine Grosbeak in high plumage. The bird was in one of a few pine 

 trees in a considerable grove of cedars. Careful search in the vicinity 

 failed to reveal others. — L. S. Foster, New York City. 



The Pine Grosbeak at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — The Pine Grosbeaks 

 {Pinicola enucleator) have been very numerous in the grounds surround- 

 ing Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, this winter. They were attracted per- 

 haps by the large number of spruce trees growing there which seem to 

 offer them very palatable food. They have created quite a havoc among 

 these trees. Early in the winter as I was walking among the evergreens, 

 I found the snow literally carpeted with tips of the spruce trees and frag- 

 ments of buds and seeds. On examining the twigs I found that the buds 

 were eaten and that there were indications of pecking at the points of 

 separation. I had never seen the ground so covered, and perceived at once 

 that there was some unusual cause for such devastation. I looked about 

 among the trees but saw only a pair of Kinglets, and I could not in con- 

 science charge them with such wholesale destruction. I therefore sus- 

 pected the Pine Grosbeaks, and my suspicion was later confirmed by my 

 catching them in the very act. This flock has consisted almost entirely of 

 voung males and females, as is usually the case. One red male was noted 

 early in January feeding with the flock, and later another was found 

 dead. 



The weather has not been continuously severe, and the ground has not 

 been covered with snow more than a week at a time. The Grosbeaks are 

 still here, March 13. 



A Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) has also been seen this 

 winter. It is an uncommon visitant in this vicinity. — Caroline E. 

 FurNESS, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



The Pine Grosbeak (P. enucleator) in New Jersey. — On Sunday) 

 March 8, 1S96, while driving through Wortendyke, about two miles west 

 from here, I saw two birds of this species in a fir tree by the roadside. 

 There was no possibility of a mistake as I was within twenty feet and had 

 a good view of them. They were either females or young males, and 

 their thick bills and white wing bars were very noticeable. About an 

 hour later, while in Allendale, I saw another of the same species in a 

 small tree, bare of leaves, in a field adjoining the highway. Although I 

 went over the same ground the two next following days I did not meet 

 with any Pine Grosbeaks. — DeLagnel Berier,, Ridgetvood, N. % 



