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The winter of 1833~’84 was marked by an unusual abundance of these 
Grosbeaks. They came early and stayed late. At Minneapolis, which 
bas long been known as one of their regular winter resorts, the first 
flock was seen November 7, containing about fifty individuals, and they 
remained all winter. 
During the whole of the winter of 1883-84 they were very common 
along the Mississippi River, from Minneapolis to the southern border 
of the State. They were reported from Minneapolis, Hastings, Red 
Wing, Lake City, and Lanesboro; in northeastern Jowa from Mitchell, 
and in central Iowa from Des Moines and Coralville. At Des Moines 
‘the bulk left the first week in March, and the last was seen March 23. 
They came to Lanesboro, Minn., about the middle of February, aud by 
April 3 were among the most common birds in all the woods down the 
valley of the Root River for a few miles below town. These great num- 
bers reached their height April 19, and even so late as May 13 the birds 
were still making the woods resound with their noisy notes. East of the 
Mississippi they were seen at River Falls and Green Bay, Wis. At the 
latter place they have been known to stay until May 30. At Portage 
La Prairie, Manitoba, the last was seen May 16. 
In the fall of 1884 the first Evening Grosbeak, a male, appeared at 
Elk River, Minn., October 17; and a flock was seen at Vermillion, Dak., 
December 24. 
In the spring of 1885 they were not nearly so common as during the 
previous spring. The notes seem to indicate wandering rather than 
migration. The records are as follows: Milwaukee, Wis., one seen 
March 28; Lanesboro, Minn., many males and females seen for the 
first time "April 4 and left again in about a week ; Heron Lake, Minn. 
seen March 12 and again the next day; Elk River, Minn., scarce during 
the winter of 1884~85, two males seen February 25 sud ove female 
March 1. At Shell River, Manitoba, they were seen February 20, 
when the temperature was 40° below zero. In the fall of 1885 the first 
was seen at Elk River, Minn., October 30. They had previously been 
seen at Lanesboro, Minn., October 18, and were still there December 1. 
515. Pinicola enucleator (Linn.). [166.] Pine Grosbeak. 
A winter visitant from the north. Allthrough the winter and spring 
of 1883-’84 the newspaper press of the country contained accounts of 
the presence of these birds in the Northern States, and occasionally 
of the straying of one a little farther south. The comparative rarity 
of the species and the bright color of the old males make them favor- 
ites among collectors, and wherever they go their ranks are rapidly 
thinned. In the Mississippi Valley they have been found as far south 
as Kansas (one instance) and Illinois. At Alda, in southeastern Ne- 
braska, Mr. Powell took a female in May, 1882. The winter of 1883-84 
was not marked by special abundance at any point; in fact, the con- 
trary was true, for they were rather less common than usual. They 
visited Ripon, Wis., and Mitchell, Iowa, and north of these points were 
