90 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Penobscot, u Mr. S. L. Crosby has seen a specimen of this bird, shot in 

 Brewer in the winter of 1889-90, while Geo. P. Shepheid records another 

 specimen from Bangor, taken March 18, 1890, while a companion which 

 it had escaped." (For this last Cf. Shepherd, The Oologist, May 1890, 

 p. 86). 



Genus PINICOLA Vieillot. 



215. (515). Pinicola enucleator (Linn.). Pine Grosbeak. 

 This is a fairly regular winter visitor of varyindg abundance. 



During the winters of 1895-96 and 1896-97 it was very abundant. 

 In 1893-94 none of these birds were seen near Bangor, and they 

 were seemingly equally rare throughout the state. In captivity 

 these birds make interesting and affectionate pets, and the song 

 (both sexes sing though the males sing more frequently) is, 

 according to my opinion, far sweeter in tone than that of the 

 Canary. It is interesting to note that while in nature the adult 

 males are adorned with carmine crown, breast, back, and upper 

 tail coverts, this color changes to a pale orange at the first moult 

 which takes place in captivity. Young males, which are like the 

 females in general appearance during the first year, also take on 

 this orange color in captivity, instead of assuming the carmine 

 garb when they reach maturity. For an account of the habits of 

 this bird in captivity see Knight, The Auk, Vol. 13, pp. 21-24. It 

 is a rare summer resident in the northern and eastern counties of 

 the Canadian fauna. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "common winter visitant" (John- 

 son) ; Cumberland, "common winter migrant" (Mead) ; Franklin, "com- 

 mon winter resident'' (Swain) ; Hancock, "irregular winter migrant"' 

 (Murch) ; Keuuebec, "common winter visitor" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, 

 "winter" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "common in winter, rare in summer" 

 (Nash) ; Penobscot, "usually common in winter, and especially so for 

 the last two seasons, '96-'97" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common winter 

 visitor" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "irregularly common winter visitor" 

 (Spinney) ; Somerset, "irregularly common winter resident" (Morrell) ; 

 Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "common in winter, rare summer resi- 

 dent" (Boardman) ; York, "regular winter visitant" (Adams). 



Genus CARPODACUS Kaup. 



216. (517). Carpodacus purpureus (GmeL). Purple Pinch. 

 A common summer and rare winter resident in most parts of the 



state. While this species seems to prefer to frequent the neigh- 



