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which were eating seeds from frozen crab-apples. The bird 

 was a fine male in adult plumage and very tame, as are the Pine 

 Grosbeaks which have been here in limited numbers all winter." 

 Mr. Spaulding adds, " I do not think there can be an}- doubt of 

 the identity of this conspicuously marked bird." 



104. Pinicola enucleator leucura. Pine Grosbeak. 



A regular winter visitant, upon the statement of Mr. 

 Spaulding, but in varying abundance. Mr. Spaulding, how- 

 ever, noted none in the winter of 1909-10. M}^ assistant in- 

 forms me by letter, dated October 26, 1910, that he had already 

 noted a number of Pine Grosbeaks in Jefferson. The first bird 

 in this season seen by me at Boston, Mass., was in the Public 

 Garden on October 22 and 23. The respective dates of appear- 

 ance in both States indicated an earl}' movement of the species 

 southward. Mr. Spaulding, writing under date of January 22, 

 1911, states that Pine Grosbeaks have been present in limited 

 numbers all winter. 



105. Carpodacus purpureus purpureus. P u r p e e 



Finch. 



A rather common summer resident. The song is much 

 heard on the Highland during the period of nesting and in less 

 measure again in the autumn. The species is somewhat spar- 

 ingly distributed throughout the region, being found both by 

 the roadsides and in the woodlands ; and in the mountain forests, 

 up to about 3000 feet, birds are occasionally noted. 



Passer domesticus. House Sparrow. 



An increasingly common resident. For many years it has 

 been a common resident of lyancaster. Ten years ago there 

 were but few pairs in Jefferson, and these -were about the 

 Waumbek Hotel. Steadily the species has distributed itself 

 throughout the town, until there are now several colonies of 

 some size in each section, excepting the more sparsely settled 



