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Notch. In 190S, on September 12, a single bird was seen beside 

 the South Branch ; on September 16, Mrs. Bridge informs me 

 that she saw a flock of twelve birds on Mt. iVdams ; on October 

 5 a flock of fifteen was noted in I^ancaster ; and on the following 

 day a small flock was heard calling on the Highland. The 

 movement, of which these 1908 records were an indication, ex- 

 tended well to the southward, and White-winged Crossbills were 

 seen near Boston, Mass., later in October and in November. 



These are all the occurrences which have been noted. In 

 several of the seasons the species has not come under observa- 

 tion, and it did not in 1909. In 1910 a single bird was noted on 

 the Cherry Mountain road on August 27, and another three 

 days later at Jefferson Meadows. 



108. Acanthis linaria linaria. Redpoll. 



A regular winter visitant, upon the statement of Mr. Spauld- 

 ing, differing as to abundance in different years. Mr. Spaulding 

 in writing me under date of October 24, 1910, says, "I saw a 

 flock of seventeen Redpolls today, very earl}' in the season, I 

 think. They flew into an elm in m}^ dooryard just as I was 

 going in to lunch, about one o'clock, but immediately flew 

 away again." 



I noted the first Redpoll about Boston on November i of 

 this year, and a few days later, November 9 to 18, several flocks 

 were observed in the Middlesex Fells. 



109. Astragalinus tristis tristis. Goldfinch. 



A very common summer resident, not present in the winter. 

 On July 5, 1905, a flock consisting of thirty full-plumaged male 

 birds was seen by the roadside on the Highland, evidently newly 

 arrived. We could not perceive that a single bird in the plum- 

 age of the female was present with them. Nestings are fre- 

 quently observed in August, and it is then and in July that the 

 most joyous flight-songs are heard and the birds are seen in 

 pairs. Flocks of from ten to thirty adult and immature birds 

 are seen in the autumn. 



