52 THE RANGE OF THE CROSSBILLS. 



{Ibid., p. 208). Mr. Frank M. Chapman also reports them 

 from Aiken, S. C, Nov. 12, 1887 {Ibid., p. 324). Mr. G. G. 

 Williamson observed them in Monroe County, Ind., Jan. 18 

 and Feb, 6, 1886. Mr. J. G. Parker reports them from Lake 

 County, Ind., in May, 1887. In the fall of 1887, I again ob- 

 served them at Brookville, Ind. They came to feed among 

 the pines in my yard. Oct. 29, several were seen, and they 

 last appeared Nov. 19. Prof. Walter Faxon and Dr. J. A. 

 Allen give it as common in the White Mts., N. H., in July, 

 1874 ; June, 1885 ; and June, 1886 (The Auk, V., p. 152). 

 Dr. Allen, on the next page of the same number of The Auk, 

 speaks of a pair taken at Mandeville, La., March 27, 1888. 

 Prof. B. W. Evermann found them in Vigo County, Ind., in 

 the spring of 1888. They were first seen Feb. 6, and dis- 

 appeared May 6. Mr. J. O. Snyder found them at Waterloo, 

 Ind., March 13 and 17, 1888. Mr. H. N. McCoy informs 

 me they were quite common in Wayne Co., Ind., in the early 

 part of 1888. They were last seen April 5. Mr. G. G. 

 Williamson saw six or eight individuals near Muncie, Ind., 

 April 17, 1888 ; May 4, he saw three others. Mr. Otho C. 

 Poling notes their occurrence in Adams County, 111., but 

 gives no account of their occurrence in summer (The Auk, 

 VII., p. 239). Mr. John A. Balmer informs me these Cross- 

 bills were found in the vicinity of Vincennes, Ind., in the 

 winter of 1888-9. ^^''* J- ^- Clearwater told me of the capt- 

 ure of two in Putnam County, Ind., in the winter of 1888. 

 A flock was seen by Mr. J. O. Snyder, at Waterloo, Ind., 

 April 27, 1889. Mr. Stewart E. White informs me he found 

 them common on Mackinac Island, Mich., Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, 

 1889. Mr. H. W. McBride writes me of taking three speci- 

 mens at Waterloo, Ind., April 21, 1890. Feb. 14,1891, Mr. 

 Stewart E. White saw six at Grand Rapids, Mich. He next 

 noted the species March 16. He says it is quite rare in that 

 vicinitj'. Mr. J. F. Clearwater gives me the following ac- 

 count of their occurrence in Putnam County, Indiana : " On 

 July 27, 1891, Jesse Earll was down beside the other mill- 



