328 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [1895 
“For a long time regarded as extra rare and irregular in 
winter; in December, ’87, they were numerous at Washington, 
and every local collector secured a series. Individuals were 
caught alive in the Smithsonian grounds and in the Agricultural 
Department Park ; they were seen until April 19, ’88. In the 
following winter they were rather rare. In ’90, again they 
were uncommon, but remained until late, individuals and flocks 
being noted on May 10, 16, 17, 21 and 24. Specimens taken 
on some of these dates showed no signs of breeding. I have 
few records for ’91, ’92 or ’93, except that Mr. Ridgway, who 
lives at Brookland, D. C., near an extensive patch of pines, 
observed them all summer in small numbers, and still reports 
them up to June, ’95. In the past winter, ’94—-5, Mr. Figgins 
reported them common near Kensington, Md., flocks appearing 
at short intervals throughout the winter. He mentions seeing 
hundreds on March 24; his last date is April*7, when about a 
dozen were seen. Mr. R.S. Matthews and I saw two small 
flocks late in April 95” (Richmond). 
Loxia leucoptera (522). White-winged Crossbill. 
“South in winter to or beyond 40°” (Manual, 393). Audu- 
bon mentions having secured « specimen “in Maryland a few 
miles from Baltimore” (iii, 191), and Mr. Henry Marshall 
has one, shot at Laurel about ’74 (A. C., 57). 
Acanthis linaria (528). Redpoll. 
“Rare and irregular, perhaps only an occasional visitant in 
severe winters” (A. C., 57). One specimen, a female, was 
taken by Dr. T. H. Bean at Fort Runyon, Va., on February 
19, °75” (Wm. Palmer, Auk, xi, 333). Audubon says (iii, 
121): “T have seen several that were obtained near Baltimore, 
Md.” 
Spinus tristis (529). American Goldfinch. 
Common resident; they commence flocking by the middle of 
September and hold together until early in June. On April 
