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THE OOLOaiST. 



the same wsa Hock arouad ia ihe 

 fields, eating the seeds of grass and 

 weeds which protruded above the snow. 

 Soon the snow disappeared and with it 

 the Snow Buntings. There was quite a 

 fall of snow on Jan. 24th and the next 

 day the Snow Buntings were around in 

 fox'ce. From that day until now (Feb. 

 1st) these birds have been plentiful 

 both in the roads and in the tields. 



The American Goldfinch: What I 

 have stated about the Redpoll will be 

 true of these birds except that I have 

 noticed solitary individuals of this bird 

 and it is by no means so common as the 

 Redpoll. 



The American Crow: Not for a 

 good many years has the Crow been 

 seen in this neighborhood throughout 

 the winter. But on account of the open 

 winter this year 1 have almost daily 

 seen one or more of these birds. On 

 Dec. 7th, 1 observed three of these birds 

 in an open lield during the forenoon 

 and in the afternoon while in the woods 

 1 saw a large Hock making a gieat dis- 

 turbance over a Broad-winged Hawk. 



The Ruffed Grouse: In certain lo- 

 calities I nearly always see this bird. 

 These localities are all in the low lands, 

 where there is considerable amount of 

 underbrush and small coniferous trees. 



The Downy Woodpecker: This 

 bird frequents more generally the heav- 

 ier growth this time of jear. usually in 

 a hard wood tree, at least, of all I have 

 seen I only noticed one in a pine. All 

 that I have observed were solitary. 



The Fine Grosbeak: Have see^. 

 very few of these birds in c(miparison 

 with other years. On Dec. 10th, I found 

 three of these birds, two males and one 

 female, in a small growth of pine and 

 fir tree:. They were feeding on the 

 buds of the pine, and x^'vy much resem- 

 bled a Parrot in their motions while 

 eating. After this I saw no more of 

 these birds until Jan. 25th, soon after a 

 snow storn. On that day I noticed a 

 Hock of fourteen in an oichard feeding 

 upon frozen apples. 



The White-rumi^eu Shrike. Saw 

 two of these birds on Dec. 7th. Have 

 not seen any since. One of them drove 

 a Redpoll into the brush with which 

 the house was banked. There he sat 

 upon a tree near by waiting for the Red- 

 poll to come out, and I think he would 

 have caught it if I had not driven him 

 off. W^hen in pursuit of ihe bird he 

 dropped from the top of a tree nearly 

 to the ground and then fiew swiftly 

 along just above the ground. 



Thk Hudsonian Chickadee: A few 

 (3) of these birds feeding along in com- 

 pany with their black-headed brothers 

 aie all that I have seen. 



The Blue Jay: These birds have 

 been uncommonly scarce this winter. 

 Wherever I have seen them it has al- 

 ways been a solitary one and very wild, 

 sneaking away from the farther side of 

 a tree. Where do these birds go'? Un- 

 til late in the fall they were very plenty. 



The Golden- crowned Kinglet: A 

 few of these very interesting birds are 

 all that I have noticed. On two differ- 

 ent occasions when I noticed them they 

 were in company with Chickadees, 

 which they resemble in habits, but may 

 be distinguished by their gentle "seep" 

 even when you cannot see them. 



The Tree Sparrow: In two months 

 I have only observed one solitary indi- 

 vidual of this bird. That was on Nov. 

 30lh. 



The American Crossbill: Although 

 I have seen and heard many birds fly- 

 ing which I called Crossbills, yet I have 

 seen but one Hock of three at rest. 

 These were eatinsr the buds and cones 

 on a tall Hr tree Dec. 28th. 



The Brown Creeper: I found this 

 bird generally in heavy growth. One 

 which I watched for a long time seem- 

 ed to prefer to work about the trunk of 

 the trees than upon the limlis. Going 

 up, down or sideways In Hying to a 

 tree this one always lit at the base and 

 worked up. This was on Jan 2d. 



The Gkeat Noiithern Shrike: On 

 Jan. 24th, I nolie<><l one of these birds. 

 He soon saw me though and disappear- 

 ed. F. E. FOMEROY, 



Lewiston, Me- 



