Notes from Field and Study 



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December 20, first Evening Grosbeak 

 seen at Sumner Park; a male. December 

 23, three Evening Grosbeaks on Alexander 

 Street; two males, one female. December 

 29, six Evening Grosbeaks at Sumner 

 Park; three of each sex. 



After this, the six were seen each daj' 

 till January 2, when they disappeared, 

 and have not been seen since. They fed 

 on the seed-vessels of the ash-leaved maple 

 which stood in Sumner Park; and, even 

 when they left, not all the seeds were gone, 

 though each day the ground was strewn 

 with the husks from their feeding. The 

 weather at this time was bitterly cold, 

 with high winds, but they sat for an hour 

 or two at a time in the tree, were in 

 splendid plumage and fine condition, and, 

 I am glad to say, none were "taken." — 

 N. Hudson Moore. 



Lyons, N. Y., February 11, 1911. — 

 In the January-February number of Bird- 

 Lore, I note your reference to the obser- 

 vations on the Evening Grosbeak in north- 

 eastern United States. Thinking that it 

 might also be of interest to j'ou, I wish to 

 state that it has been the pleasure of mj- 

 friends and self to observe these birds in 

 this locality. 



During the last days of January, and 

 up to February 8, Evening Grosbeaks 

 have been observed here. They have been 

 seen in numbers of from two to thirty. 

 Usually I have seen about a dozen toge- 

 ther. They would disappear and not be 

 seen for a day or two, when they would 

 be with us again. While here, they seem 

 very busy feeding on maple buds. — S. B. 

 Gavitt. 



Ithaca, N. Y. — On February 12, 191 1, 

 one male and two female Evening Gros- 

 beaks were seen at Ithaca by Mrs. Frank 

 Morse. The birds were feeding on maple 

 buds, and were observed under conditions 

 which permitted a wholly satisfactory 

 identification. — Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 



Greenwich, N. Y., February 9, 1911. 

 — Evening Grosbeaks, as many as eight 

 in one flock, have been seen here, and no 



one can be found to say they have ever 

 observed them here before. I saw seven 

 of them at one time 'budding' on an ash 

 tree. — D. W. Mandell. 



Naples, Maine, November 20, 1910. — 

 On November 10, I saw, in Bridgton, 

 three birds I did not know. They very 

 closely resembled the female in the colored 

 plate of the Evening Grosbeak published 

 by Bird-Lore, only that all the back 

 seemed faintly tinged with yellow. 



There were only the three as long as I 

 could spare the time to watch them. They 

 were quite tame. I saw them distinctly, 

 and thought them exactly alike. — Adeline 

 Willis. 



Fall River, Mass., February 9, 1911. 

 — I wish to report to you that a flock of 

 fourteen Evening Grosbeaks were in our 

 yard, and the immediate neighborhood, 

 for two hours, February 9, 191 1, feeding 

 mostl)' on seeds of the ash-leaved maple. 



Most of the flock were either females 

 or immature males, but there were two in 

 the full plumage of yellow, black and 

 white, making any mistake as to identi- 

 fication impossible, as I have the very 

 excellent Bird-Lore picture. 



On February 3, a single, lone female was 

 here, digging furiously through the ice 

 with which the ground was covered, with 

 her great bill, for seeds. This bird was 

 very tame, apparently paying little 

 attention to our near approach. — Ellen 

 M. Shore, (I.40 Highland Avenue. 



Woonsocket, R. I. — A flock of five 

 female and two male Evening Grosbeaks 

 appeared within the city limits of Woon- 

 socket R. I., January 13, 14 and 15, 

 coming daily to feed on a tree overhanging 

 a grocery store. 



The birds were observed by various 

 people. To quote one correspondent, 

 Mary F. Smith: "We watched them this 

 morning (January 15), between eight and 

 nine o'clock, and, though there was quite 

 a party admiring them and we took no 

 pains to be still, they continued their 

 breakfast of maple or box-elder seeds and 



