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Connecticut Ivakes. Mr. H. A. Purdy states that in 1876 lie 

 obsen'ed young birds the last of July, being fed b}^ their parents 

 at these lakes. A writer in Forest and Stream, signing himself 

 "N. U." ('83) records finding them in pairs at Second Con- 

 necticut Lake on May 24th, 1883. Mr. C. J. Majmard ('72) 

 did not record this species in summer at Umbagog, though from 

 the nature of the country, it may well occur during that sea- 

 son. About the first of November, these birds begin to appear 

 in small numbers in the lowlands and throughout the more 

 southern parts of the state, and Mr. C. F. Goodhue has obsen^ed 

 thetn at Webster so early as Octobei" 25. After a late winter, 

 they linger as long as the snow remains on the ground, and I 

 have seen them still in flocks at Chocorua up to x\pril 20, while 

 the melting drifts yet lay deep in the woods. Perhaps these lin- 

 gering flocks are mainly composed of birds which summer on 

 the higher peaks near bj^ or at no great distance northward. 

 The great abundance of Pine Grosbeaks during some winters, 

 and their scarcit}- in others is an interesting fact, the determin- 

 ing causes of which remain to be worked out. 



164. Carpodacus imrpiireus (Gmel.). Purple Finch. 

 A rather common summer resident throughout the sub-Cana- 

 dian and Transition areas of the state. Among the White 

 Mountains, it is fairly common in the valleys, arriving about 

 the middle of April, and scattering birds may be found in the 

 woods up to 3,000 feet. It is said to occur commonly at Lake 

 Umbagog. Doubtless a few winter irregularly in the southern 

 part of the state ; Frank Bolles ( '93b) records seeing a number at 

 Chocorua on December 22d; Mr. C. F. Goodhue ('85) includes 

 it among the winter birds of Webster ; and a Mr. J. H. Johnson 

 ('92) records it from "central New Hampshire" as having 

 been " very scarce during the winter of 1891-92. 



165. Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm). American 



Crossbill. 



A permanent resident, of notorious irregularity in its numbers 

 and movements. At times the bird is common all summer 

 in the sub-Canadian woods of the state below 3,000 feet and in 



