570 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



It is a permanent resident throughout the year, but is less commonly 

 observed, however, in the winter. 



152. Spinus pinus. Pine Finch. 



The Pine Finch is to be classed as a migrant or possibly a winter 

 resident, apparently not common. On May 24, 1900, a flock of 

 fifteen or twenty were met with in the scattered trees north of Misery 

 Bay, and two specimens were shot. 



153. Passerina nivalis. Snow Bunting. 



An abundant and regular winter resident, more numerous, however, 

 in late fall and early spring than in the depth of winter. They throng 

 the outside beach in flocks of from a few birds up to a hundred or 

 more, while stray individuals are occasionally found along the shore 

 of the bay. Sometimes they are found associated with Prairie Horned 

 Larks, but as a rule they keep separate. They usually keep close to 

 the edge of the water, and although not especially shy, are very rest- 

 less and erratic in their movements, flying in a jerky, hesitating fashion, 

 as if about to alight every instant. For a species of such cold weather 

 proclivities, the date of its arrival in 1900 — October 17 — seems re- 

 markably early, yet by October 22 it was already recorded as common. 

 That this is not exceptional, however, is shown by Mr. Bacon's 

 record of the same date in 1892, and of October 21 in 1901, as the 

 time of the first fall appearance of the species in those years, while Dr. 

 Warren says that in 1889 one was shot as early as October 12 {Forest 

 and Stream, XXXIV, February 13, 1890, 64). He speaks also of 

 having seen a flock of two hundred and fifty or three hundred birds 

 near the Soldiers' Home in November of the same year. Mr. Bacon 

 mentions that they are often seen on the fields of the mainland as well 

 as on the Peninsula during their sojourn, which lasts until sometime in 

 March. 



154. Calcarius lapponicus. Lapland Longspur. 



Dr. Warren's statement that this species is a tolerably common and 

 regular winter visitor about Lake Erie {Birds of Pennsylvania, 1890, 

 233) is not fully confirmed by the available evidence. Mr. Sennett 

 took at least three specimens on October 3, 1889 (see Warren, Forest 

 and Stream, XXXIV, February 13, 1890, 64), and two on March 

 25, 1875, these two dates being respectively the earliest for the fall 

 and latest for the spring. Mr. Bacon first detected it on March 3, 

 1894, when a flock of a half dozen was seen and one specimen 



