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the mature male was gold and the white stripe on his wing was 

 a dusky white instead of the pure white of the mature male. 

 Besides the call-note they gave the rippling little trill which I 

 have already described. 



This was my last sight of the Evening Grosbeaks. They were 

 seen a couple of times after that by my children and one of my 

 friends near the station and later that month two or three were 

 reported near Bryn Mawr which I presume were a part of the 

 same flock. 



Some of the records as collected by me for the evening gros- 

 beak in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for 1917 are as follows : 

 Miss Wallace on November 30th at Norristown saw three 

 females. They were also reported at Oaks, Pennsylvania not 

 far from Perkiomen Creek, and on December 5th at Cinnamin- 

 son, New Jersey by Charles Evans ; December 24th by D, W. 

 Pumyea, Smithville, New Jersey and December 26th at West- 

 ville, New Jersey by Julian K. Potter, W. J. Serrill reported 

 a male in full plumage near Mill Creek at Ardmore, Montgomery 

 County, Pennsylvania in January but was unable to give the 

 exact date. On January 10th Doctor Darlington reported a 

 flock at Brown's Mills, New Jersey. 



The history of the Evening Grosbeak illustrates how far- 

 reaching a bit of inaccurate observation can be. 



The first specimen of which there is any record was sent to 

 the New York Lyceum from Sault Ste Marie near Lake Superior 

 by H. R. Schoolcraft. It was labeled Paushkundamo meaning 

 "berry-breaker" in the Chippewa dialect. In regard to this 

 specimen Schoolcraft wrote as follows : 



Bird first appeared about Sault Ste Marie in Michigan Territory during 

 the first week in April 1823. The individual under examination was shot on 

 the 7th of April in the evening. An Indian boy was attracted into the woods 

 by its peculiar and, to him, strange note. There were a few birds in com- 

 pany. They were seen for a short time about the place but none have since 

 appeared. The species is said to be common about the head of Lake Superior 

 at Fond du Lac. 



The next record of the bird was made by one Major Delafield, 

 an agent of the United States government for boundaries. In 

 1823 he was camping near the Savannah river, northwest from 



