1891-92]. ORNITHOLOGICAL REPORT. 81 



May 7, 18, and 26. I saw the same birds, but they got shy and at last 

 disappeared as mysteriously as they came. — G. E. ATKINSON. 



I have not observed the Evening Grosbeaks at Mildmay, and I have 

 come to the conclusion that they were not seen north of Guelph. — W. A. 



Shoenau. 



Evening Grosbeaks are quite unknown in this district. Mr. W. P. 

 Melville, collected a few at Gravenhurst in March, 1890, the only 

 Muskoka specimens I ever heard of. — A. Kay, Port Sydney, Muskoka. 



January, 1890, Evening Grosbeaks common here, four specimens 

 collected. — W. SUTHERLAND, Orillia, Ontario. 



March, 1890, several specimens of the Evening Grosbeak were seen 

 here, a few were collected. — W. P. MELVILLE, Gravenhurst, Ontario. 



A large number of Evening Grosbeaks arrived here about the first of 

 March, 1890, and they were apparently feeding on the ash berries and the 

 cedar. They stayed here about five weeks, leaving the first week in April. 

 I have not observed any since. I mounted I think about a dozen birds 

 for different persons in this neighborhood, there were some very fine 

 specimens among those I mounted, and I have four or five still in my 

 possession. — R. C. BURT, Chemist, Chatham, Ontario. 



Food of Evening Grosbeak determined from dissections. All the birds 

 were collected in the vicinity of Toronto, they were all fat and the 

 stomachs of all were full. 



Jan. 21, ?, seeds of white ash and maple. 

 24, 9, crop and gizzard, seeds of maple. 

 24, d\ crop and gizzard, seeds of maple. 



24, 9 , seeds of ash. 



25, d\ seeds of ash. 



25, 9, seeds of ash. 



26, 9, seeds of white ash and maple. 



26, c?, seeds of mountain ash. — E. E. Thompson. 



Of the eighteen specimens examined by me, all were very fat and 

 the stomachs in nearly every case full. The contents were as follows : — 

 Jan. 25, 9 , nutlets of Primus serotina, with pieces of the shell and sand. 

 25, c?, nutlets of P. serotina, shell and sand. 

 25, 9, nutlets of P. serotina, shell and sand. 

 25, c?, seeds of Fraxinus americana, nutlets of P. serotina and Pyrus 



acuparia. 

 25, cf, nutlets of P. serotina, and broken up shell. 



