'S9-!j ButlilR oh the IL-ji iiuii,!- CiroiOcuk. ^J.^ 



the note of a tiuinpct. tlic fcinalcs a loud clialtcrin^- liUc the 

 larg-e Clieiiy IJiixls {Ampclis garriil/is) . Their Hij^ht thioiiL^h 

 the woods is very swift, remindinj^ one, hv the dexterity with 

 which the\ avoitl the Uraiiches, of a Pigeon; when in the open, 

 howe\ei', it is more alter the manner ol a IWackhird. Mareh 6 

 1 trietl to lind tiiis llock, hut ^XuX not .succeed. I, iiovvever, found 

 lour males leeding along a fence row. 



"March iS. — When on the ground feeding thev are (juite 

 silent. A flock lit in a tree very close to nie, and I noticed that 

 they have a cliirping note like the sound of a distant ilock of 

 English Sparrows. When on the ground they progress hv hop- 

 ping, holding themselves like Robins. They tmn over the leaves 

 with great dexterity picking up the seetls found under them. 

 When vvountled, they are very handy with their large beaks; I 

 carried one some distance by inducing him to seize a stick. 

 They were loth to leave the woods. They diil not leave until 

 I had tired several shots, and even then they circled aronutl sev- 

 eral times. This reluctance was caused b\ the abundance of 

 maple 'mast.' 



"May 3. — The Grosbeaks have left the maples and have gone 

 to the pines. 



"May 14. — The Evening Grosbeaks have appeared in large 

 niunbers. Ihcy are in the tops of the tallest pines, ami are 

 very S'hy. Their song is a wandering, jerkv wari)le, beginning 

 low, suddenly increasing in power, and as suddenly ceasing, as 

 though the singer were out of breath." 



]Mr. James Savage, Ann Arbor, Michigan, notes that Mr. E. 

 W. Owen saw^ Evening Grosbeaks at Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 

 January, 1S90, and they remained common until the last week 

 of April. April 12, Mr. Savage saw two tlocks at Geildes, 

 Michigan. Mr. Wm. Lambie also repoits them from Ypsilanti, 

 Jan. 31. Mr. Jerome Trombley, at Petersburg!!, Mich.. Jan. 

 iS, 1S90, saw a flock of fifteen. They were the first for the 

 year. These birds remained until Feb. 10. 



Mr. F. C. Test of Purdue University, Lafayette. Indiana, 

 writes me that Mr. H. W. McCoy shot a male from a flock of 

 lietween twenty and thirty in an extensive tract of woods about 

 two miles west of that city, Feb. i, 1S90. Ihey became very 

 timid after this shot. Mr. L. T. Meyer repoits them from 

 Whiting, Lake Co., Indiana, in January and February. Dr. 



