138 BIRDS OF OHIO. 



times occur during the winter or early spring only, followed 

 abruptly by total disappearance. It may be found anywhere 

 in the state where coniferous trees furnish food. Mr. E. A. 

 Doolittle informs me that flocks are present now (late 

 June) at Painesville. I have, found* a flock 'at Oberlin dur- 

 ing the last week in June, 1903. 



I have never seen the birds feeding on anything but pine 

 nuts which are taken from the cones either on the trees or 

 as they lie on the ground. 



190. (522.) LOXIA LEUCOPTERA Gmel. 88. 



White-winged Crossbill. 

 Synonyms: Curvirostra leucoptera. 

 Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1860, 346, 366. 



This Crossbill is rare in Ohio. There appear to have been 

 three flights, of which we have records, which may have 

 reached Ohio. One was in 1868-9, when Dr. Langdon 

 found considerable numbers of them associated with the 

 Red Crossbills in the proportion of two of the White- 

 winged to one of the other, in the vicinity of Cincinnati. 

 Another flight mentioned by Mr. A. W. Butler (Birds of 

 Indiana, 921) occurred in 1883-4, when numerous Indiana 

 records were made, but apparently no Ohio records have 

 come to light for this flight. The third and last occurred 

 during the winter of 1901-2, when a flock remained near 

 Elyria, Lorain county, for at least two weeks early in Jan- 

 uary, 1902. Other records are scattering and probably do 

 rot have to do with large flights. At best the species is ir- 

 regular, requiring unusual weather and food conditions to 

 be forced south. 



191. (528.) ACANTHIS LINARIA (Linn.). 89. 



Redpoll. 



Synonyms: JEgiothus linaria, Fringilla linaria. 



Red-poll Linnet, Common Red-poll, Lesser Red-poll. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 164, 183. 



The Redpoll is probably a little less rare than the last 



