28 Joint Bulletin 1 



CROSSBILLS AT ST. JOHNSBURY. 



Mabel A. Shields. 



As crossbills are rather rare visitors, it may be of interest to the 

 club to know that white-winged crossbills were reported at St. Johns- 

 bury in January, 1915. On January 21, a small flock visited the Sheep- 

 cote grounds. Every bird traveler seems to know and go to Sheepcote 

 for the refreshment provided there not only by the evergreens, crab 

 apple trees and barberry bushes, but by the feeding shelves and suet 

 bags kept in readiness by the friends who are always watching to 

 welcome bird guests. 



American crossbills visited us in May last year. They were seen 

 at Sheepcote on April 30. They were noted again on May 4. On May 

 18 and 22 it was my great pleasure to see these birds and introduce two 

 different groups of school children to them. The first morning as we 

 were "bird-walking" between 9 and 10 and approached a small group 

 of evergreens, we were attracted by the unusual coloring of some birds 

 in the road only a few feet in front of us and saw that they were 

 American crossbills eating seeds dropped by others of their flock 

 who were busy at the cones above. We watched them until they flew, 

 noting their twitter as they did so. We did not happen to see them 

 again till the 22nd, when on other grounds not far away we found them 

 enjoying a little change of menu for their morning meal, for this time 

 several were eating the pussy poplar catkins that had grown big 

 and red. 



This was my last walk to that locality for some days and I do not 

 know just how long they remained. 



ADDITIONS TO THE VERMONT HEPATIC LIST FOP 



1914. 



Annie Lorenz. 



The additions to the Vermont hepatic list for 1914 are but two 

 in number, both collected by the writer. They are Chiloscyphus pal- 

 lescens (Ehrh.) Dum. and Diplophylleia apiculata Evans, making a 

 total to date of 119. 



The former was collected at West Haven, during the Vermont 

 Botanical club's summer meeting. It grew upon a rotten log in a 



