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stubble as usual, on tbe side of 11 knoll. I find these birds breeding as 

 late as June in favorable localities, "barren fields with not much if any 

 herbage in them," which shows they must at least raise two broods annu- 

 ally. Before nesting the male is very active, singing from early morning 

 until late evening, both on the ground and high up in the air. Hut as 

 soon as the female begins her incubation he becomes silent, and keeps 

 in a distant part of the field to warn her, as I often have seen him do, by 

 flying close to her in the nest, but not alighting^ soon to be followed by 

 her and chased around as when mating. 



Where early in the season you saw dozens of pairs singing, you will be 

 surprised at the quietness now. But after beating about the field you 

 will begin to disturb them, and will find as many birds as formerly. — Geo. 

 E. Harris, Buffalo, N. T. 



Pine Grosbeak in Fulton Co., Kentucky. — The Evening Grosbeak has 

 not appeared this winter as yet, but he has been replaced by the Pine 

 Grosbeak {Piiiicolu euucleator), a flock of which, numbering eight or ten 

 individuals, mostly females, appeared Feb. 7, iSSS. O the 8th, nth and 

 r^th thev were again seen, and on the 2-|th Mr. T. L. M'Cutchen who col- 

 lected sonic for me in 1SS7, secured four specimens, one male and three 

 females, hut I was away from home, and he, not knowing the bird, did 

 not koej) llicm. On seeing ine he gave me an excellent description of 

 them antl said he had shot, but not secured, a female on the 25th. Three 

 or four females were seen yesterday, March 19 — L. O. PiNDAR, Hickman, 

 Ky. 



Occurrence of the Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius oruatus) 

 and also of Maccown's Longspur {R/iyucopkanes 7naccozv>iii) in Apache 

 Co., Arizona. — ^During the winter of 1887-SS, I had several times noticed a 

 small flock of birds Avhich I did not know, about a mile west of the town of 

 St. fohns. the eouiity seat of this county (Apache), but as I usually had 

 oulv a rifle or six-shooterl was unable to obtain a specimen for identifica- 

 tion. About the Sth of March, however, my friend Mr. E. W. Nelson 

 stated that he had lately obtained several specimens of the Chestnut- 

 collared Longspur and showed me several. I at once guessed that the 

 unknown birds I had seen were of the same species, and next time I came 

 in to St. Johns, on the loth of March, I lirought my shot-gun. On my way 

 out I saw the little flock, and was fortunate enough to procuie four speci- 

 mens which I packed up and took out to the ranch. I skinned three 

 which were all C. oruatus, but on taking up the fourth I was at once struck 

 by the greater size, heavier beak, bay on the wing-coverts, and black cap 

 of the specimen in my hand. I looked it up and found it was undoubtedly 

 Rhyncophaucs maccoivnii. Next day I shot a second specimen about 

 twenty miles southwest of St. Johns, also two more of C. oruatus. I 

 showed this specimen to Mr. Nelson on March 14 and he agreed with me 

 as to the species. On the same day about a mile west of St. Johns I 

 found a large flock oi R. maccoxvnii^ and shot eleven more specimens. At 



