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take in the identification, I procured a gun and shot it. It 
proved to be a young male. On July 15 another young 
male, 2. ¢., a male presumably of the previous season, was 
secured from the same tree and left in confinement for 
several days, but was finally allowed its liberty. The un- 
usual date of their appearance caused me to take especial 
note of it. 
American Red Crossbills have, as has been shown, been 
noted in the region between the Great Lakes and the Ohio 
River in the following winters: 1868-9; 1869-70; 1874—- 
5; 1882-3; 1883-4; 1884-5; 1885-6; 1887-8; 1888-9; 
1889-90; 1890-91; 1891-2. From 1882 to 1892, they 
were only absent one year (1886-7). In the winters of 
1882-3, 1884-5, 1887-8, the area of dispersal was wide and 
the birds seem to have been generally distributed. Other 
years, as 1868-9, 1869-70, 1883-4, they appeared or at least 
were observed in but few localities; but where noted they 
were abundant. 
The results of inquiries concerning the summer range, 
particularly in the Ohio valley and the territory adjacent 
thereto, have been wholly unexpected. Summing up the 
occurrences in summer and the evidence of breeding, we 
note as follows: In the summer of 1869, they were abun. 
dant in the vicinity of Chicago, both in Illinois and Indiana. 
In the summer of 1878, they were found at Columbus, O., 
and abundantly at Cleveland, where they were reported to 
have bred. Dr. Wheaton refers to their having nested in 
Indiana as a fact well known to him. Dr. H. A. Atkins is 
said to have taken nests of this species near Locke, Mich., 
in 1880, The spring of 1885 they were common at Michigan 
City, Ind., and Mr. Byrkit thought they might have nested. 
In the summer of 1885 they were reported to have nested in 
Tippecanoe County, Ind. In the summer of the same year 
they were reported to have nested at Bloomington, Ind. They 
were reported from Monroe County, Ind., at three different 
dates in July, 1886. They were reported from Putman 
