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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, i. e., 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 



