BIBDS OF INDIANA. 



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Irregular or accidental winter visitor. Mr. J. W. Byrkit identified 

 it at Michigan City. Mr. C. A. Stockbridge informs me there is a 

 specimen in the collection of Prof. H. Duemling, Concordia College, 

 Ft. Wayne, Ind., that was taken near that city by the late Mr. G. 

 Aug. Smith. It was observed at Waukegan, 111., Jan. 2, 1884 (Eidg., 

 Birds of 111., I., p. 224). Mr. Geo. L. Toppan once noted it in Lake 

 County, Ind., and thinks it was in the winter of 1884-5. 



Pine Grosbeak. (Reduced.) 



Mr. F. M. Woodruff writes that a few days before January 1, 1896, 

 Mr. John F. Ferry took a number of specimens from a flock of Pine 

 Grosbeaks at Lake Forest, 111. 



Mr. L. 0. Pindar reports it from Fulton County, Kentucky, several 

 times between February 7 and March 19, 1888 (The Auk, July, 

 1888, p. 321). 



They were seen in flocks of thousands in Jackson County, Mich., in 

 1881, and were very tame. Jackson County is only one county re- 

 moved from Indiana. With that exception, they are reported as rare 

 in southern Michigan. They are found far north, where Mr. Nelson 

 says they withstand the cold of these forests even within the Arctic 

 Circle. Wherever found they appear in flocks, the greater part of 

 which are young and females. Adult males are few some writers 

 Bay, from one to ten or fifteen of the plainer-colored birds. Their 

 disposition is agreeable, social and gentle. The fruit of the red cedar 

 and berries of the mountain ash are favorite foods along the southern 

 portion of their winter range. 



