136 BIRDS OF OHIO. 
Family FRINGILLIDA. Finches, Sparrows, Buntings, 
etc. 
Of this group there have been found in Ohio 33 species 
native to North America, and one imported species. Only 
one other family of birds exceeds this in number of species, 
and probably none exceeds it in the numbers of individual 
birds, for the sparrows are always numerous. These birds 
are also among the most puzzling to the average student. 
Their food habits are given under each species. 
186. (514.) HESPERIPHONA VESPERTINA (Coop.). 84. 
Evening Grosbeak. 
Synonyms: Coccothraustes vespertina, Fringilla vespertina. 
Kirtland, Ohio Farmer (newspaper), IX, 1860, 91. 
Dr. Wheaton knew of but one record for this northern 
species, in the reference given above. A female was taken 
by Mr. Charles Pease, Jr., and several others were seen by 
Dr. Kirtland, a few days previous to March 24, 1860. There 
was a small flight southward during the latter part of Jan- 
uary, 1890, when a specimen was secured by Dr. Carl Tut- 
tle, of Berlin Heights, Erie county, January 30, 1890; a 
number were seen by Mr. A. Hall, of Cleveland, and by 
Rev. J. M. Keck, in Lake county.. At best it is a rare winter 
visitor to northern Ohio. 
187. (515.) PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR LEUCURA (Miill.). 85 
Canadian Pine Grosbeak. 
Synonyms: Pinicola enucleator, Corythus enucleator, Pinicola 
canadensis, Loxia enucleator. 
Kirtland, Am. Journal Sci. and Arts, XIII, 1852, 218. 
The records of the occurrence of this northern bird are 
few, and, except Audubon’s inferential reference to speci- 
mens captured at the mouth of the Big Guyandotte, in West 
Virginia, are confined to northern Ohio. Dr. Wheaton 
gives three records, two besides Audubon’s. Dr. Kirtland 
recorded it from near Cleveland, and the statement by Mr. 
Read that it is “rare, though occasionally seen during most 
of the year,” seems to me a decidedly questionable 
