EVENING GROSBEAK 



April 1 6, 1896 

 April 26, 1896 



FLOCKS of a dozen or fifteen of these 

 handsome birds have been here 

 (Lake Forest) since the first of the month. 

 They are so tame it is easy to study them, 

 and their call note, a loud, metallic whis- 

 tle, without any inflection in it, proclaims 

 their presence unfailingly. The note re- 

 minds me of one of the notes of the tufted 

 titmouse. The whistle is accompanied by 

 a sort of rattling trill at intervals. They 

 seem to have disappeared now (May 5). 

 February 19, 1902. Saw a flock of fif- 

 teen, seven males and eight females in 

 Fannie Turtle's yard. They were on a 

 bare spot on the ground under a maple, 

 feeding on the maple seeds, apparently, 

 and were so tame and close together that 

 I had fourteen of them in the field of my 

 glass at one time. The notes could be 

 heard some distance away. The loud 

 "peep, peep" reminded me of a little 

 chicken's peep, when it is very loud, and 

 the little softer rattle sounded like the 

 soft rolled R a chicken gives as it cuddles 



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