2J.6 HuTi.ER on the. Rviniiii^ Groshrak. [.T"ly 



A. W. Bravton of Indianapolis told nie of the capture of a speci- 

 men near that city in the winter of 1889-90. Mr. Chas. A. 

 Stockiirids^e, Fort Wayne-, Indiana, reports havin<^ seen two 

 males Feb. i^. Thev were seen a^rain the next day, when they 

 became common. This is the only season thev have ever been 

 common there. The other specimen, of which Mr. VVidmann 

 wrote, in the collection of Mr. Fiichs at Belleville, Illinois, was 

 taken in St. Clair Countv, April 19, 1890. 



As we note these, our minds recall some of the many places 

 to which these l)irds of the Northwest chanced to stray in their 

 wanderinj^s that winter. Mr. E. E. Thompson reports them 

 from Kinjj^ston, Toronto, Peel County, and Hamilton, Onta- 

 rio; Mr. William B. Marshall from Wayland, Steuben Co., 

 New York, in Februarv ; Mr. J. A. Loring from Owego, 

 New York. Mr. J. L. Davison from Lockport, New York, Mr. 

 E. D. Wintle from Montreal, Qiiebec, in January and Febru- 

 ary ; Dr. Bergtold from Bullalo, New York, Jan. 10 and iS; 

 Prof. W. W. Cooke from Burlington, Vermont, in February; 

 Mr. H. L. Clark from Amherst, Massachusetts, Jan. 8; Mr. 

 E. TT. Forbush from Hampden Co, Massachusetts, Feb. r ; Mr. 

 A. C. Bent, March 8, from Taunton, Massachusetts ; Mr. R. 

 O. Morris, March 31, about twenty from Springfield, Massachu- 

 setts. Mr. Win. Brewster from eastern New Hampshire and 

 Massachusetts ; Mr. John H. Sage from Portland, Conn., in 

 February and March ; Mr. C. K. Averill, Gaylordsville, Con- 

 necticut, March 10. Dr. B. H. Warren ('Birds of Pennsylvania,' 

 Revised Edition, 1S90, p. 225) says of their occurrence in that 

 State: "It appears these birds were quite common in many of the 

 western, northern and central parts of the State, but rare, or not 

 seen at least, in some of the eastern counties, from the date of 

 their first appearance (December, 1889) to the present time (May 

 15, 1890)." It is not every winter that these birds cross the Mis- 

 sissippi, and it is unusual when we note their wide distribution 

 east of that river. Michigan appears to be more often visited 

 than any other State noted here. As has been observed, its first 

 recorded extension of range east of Lake Superior was at Toronto, 

 Ontaiio, in 1854; '^^^^ it was noted from Ohio in i860; from On- 

 tario again in 1S66; and from Michigan in 1S69. Doubtless, had 

 there been the number of observers at those times tliei"e are now, 

 we should have learned more of the extent of those dispersals. 



