ioo BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



tumn visitant in October in six of the years, 

 and in 1904 one was recorded on Novem- 

 ber 5. Although the species is to some ex- 

 tent a winter resident about Boston, no 

 earlier spring or later fall records have been 

 obtained. 



40. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL 



Loxia leucoptera 



At the time of the coming from the north 

 of this erratic species in the autumn of 1908 

 a single bird was heard as it passed over the 

 Garden calling in the morning of October 

 21. And on November 5 two birds sim- 

 ilarly passed over. In each instance they 

 were flying westward toward the suburbs 

 possessing cone-bearing trees. The trees 

 this season were heavily laden with cones, 

 upon the seeds of which both species of 

 Crossbills feed. 



41. REDPOLL 



Acanthis linaria 



Three times the Redpoll has entered the 

 Public Garden record. Mr. Glover M. 



