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pearance of a black patch, nearly as conspicuous as the olive 

 green one in Compsothlypis americana. In still another, the 

 crown is thickly marked with black shaft lines. 



Dendroica castanea. — In a male, May 5, 1SS8, the buff on 

 the sides of the neck is continued into a broad cervical collar, 

 streaked with dusky. Another May specimen, also a male, 

 shows indications of a similar collar. 



Geothlypis formosa. — Breeding females of this species from 

 Mt. Pinnacle and Caesar's Head are duller colored on an average 

 than the males. The black, especially, is less intense, and con- 

 siderably restricted. In some it is nearly wanting on the crown. 

 The brightest females and the dingiest males, however, are 

 indistinguishable. 



FURTHER NOTES ON THE EVENING GROSBEAK. 



BY AMOS W. BUTLER. 



In addition to the records of the range of the Evening Gros- 

 beak ( Coccothraustes vesftertinus), given in 'The Auk' for July, 

 1892, I am enabled, through the kindness of several friends, to 

 offer some additional notes. 



In the winter of 1SS9-90 Evening Grosbeaks were tolerably 

 common in the vicinity of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Mr. C. A. 

 Stockbridge, in addition to the two reported Feb. 15, 1890, noted 

 eleven Feb. 16, one March 22, one April 9, and one April 12. 



Mr. C. E. Aiken of Salt Lake City, Utah, informs me that a 

 large number of specimens were obtained near Whiting Station, 

 Indiana, in the winter of 1SS6-S7 by Mr. R. A. Turtle of 

 Chicago. To some few of these I have doubtless referred before. 



Prof. F. Cramer, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., under 

 date of March 14, 1891, says: "Two weeks ago a flock of five 

 Evening Grosbeaks spent a few minutes on a tree in our back 

 yard. They were quietly eating the little crab apples that had 

 not fallen off the tree. Feb. 7 Professor Lummis saw a flock 

 often eating the fruit of a climbing bitter-sweet near his house. 

 They did not stay long." 



